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...consider her ways, and be wise." The biblical proverb augured the work of E.O. Wilson, the pre-eminent biological theorist of the late 20th century who has explored the workings of the cosmos from the altitude of anthills. Wilson, 67, has used the study of minute creatures as a springboard for two crucial ideas. The first, expounded in 1967 in The Theory of Island Biogeography, which he wrote with the late ecologist Robert MacArthur, provides the scientific bedrock for understanding the decline of ecosystems. The second concept, laid out in his 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, argues that social...
...unsuccessfully for his party's nomination in 1980 and 1988. In 1988, Dole lost the New Hampshire primary to George Bush and could not recover. This year, Dole rebounded from losses in three of the first five primaries -- including New Hampshire -- to win the last 22 contests. His springboard was a win in South Carolina; the same state that ended his hopes in 1988. "The first time I came up empty. The last time I came up short. This time I'm coming up full," Dole told The Associated Press. As the GOP field has winnowed, Dole has cut into...
DIED. ELEANOR CLARK, 82, essay writer and novelist whose stylish books on Rome and Brittany used travel as a springboard for evocative explorations of culture and history; in Boston. She was the widow of the novelist Robert Penn Warren...
...itself, the win had little meaning. The Crimson instead hopes to use it as a springboard for its difficult upcoming league games against the likes of Princeton (March 2) and Springfield (March 13). Yale 0 Harvard...
...vital to his chances, polls show Bob Dole with a comfortable lead over Pat Buchanan, with Steve Forbes and Lamar Alexander battling for third place. As the focus of the presidential race shifts to the south, each candidate hopes to use a strong showing in South Carolina as a springboard to primaries in Georgia on March 5 and Florida on March 12. Dole spent much of Thursday's debate defending himself from charges by the others that he was a chronic tax raiser. Even as Alexander began to defend himself for a spot attacking Dole for supporting $320 billion...