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...Persecution of such a highly endangered bird can elicit stiff penalties: under wildlife protection legislation, the perpetrator could receive up to six months in prison or a ?5,000 fine (about $10,000). According to Richard Brunstrom, chief constable of the North Wales Police, it is "likely" the culpable party would receive prison time if found. "The courts have made it fairly clear in these sorts of offenses that imprisonment is a reasonable proposition," Brunstrom added in a video message on the RSPB's Web site...
...does it makes sense for the Corps to take such a stiff stand on an aesthetic issue at a time when the nation is at war and it's already tough enough to persuade young people to enlist in the military? Marine officials claim the new policy isn't hurting recruitment. But it is telling that last year the Army relaxed a similar tattoo policy to help bolster its numbers. There are no statistics indicating what effect the bans have had on law-enforcement hiring, but there is evidence that cops aren't happy. A few months ago, the police...
Back from its road trip to New York last week, the Harvard women’s volleyball team faced stiff competition at home this weekend, losing to Princeton (15-3, 7-0 Ivy) and Penn (12-7, 5-2) in a duo of Ivy League matchups. Both opponents defeated the women’s squad in three straight games.The Crimson (7-13, 2-6), although unable to win a game, stayed with the Tigers on Friday and finished each game within five points of the league leaders.Especially notable was the play of senior Laura Mahon, who recorded her 1,000th...
...Steichen is credited with creating the first fashion photographs, for an article on the French designer Paul Poiret commissioned by the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911. Pages from the magazine are on display, with the models looking stiff despite their glorious capes and dresses. Contrast these wooden images with the imaginative fashion shots of Steichen's later years, like White, a classy composition of three women and a horse. One of the exhibition's surprises is a silent publicity film, Edward Steichen, America's Foremost Photographer, showing the cigar-smoking, three-piece-suited artiste surrounded by assistants...
...Vibeke Angelle was the next to rock the catwalk, immediately proving that Hays’s creation had been well worth the wait. The architectural ensemble, with a stiff black collar and dress, was rounded off by a gothic tattoo enticingly encircling Angelle’s neck...