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...otters, for example - the face of the Valdez spill - dig millions of foraging pits in beaches around the Sound, enough to come into contact with oil numerous times. Although the population of sea otters in the area has recovered since the spill, the return has been slow, and researchers suspect the oil might be the reason. "The pattern shows evidence that they're still being exposed," says Rice. "It's not enough to kill them outright anymore, but it's a chronic exposure - and in an environment like this, when species live close to the edge, that could make...
...think people are suspicious of kindness? There is a kind of folk wisdom these days that human beings are basically grasping, selfish, nasty creatures. That's how we look at people. That's what we suspect we're really like ourselves. So we're very wary about displays of kindness. The word nice kind of captures that suspicion. It doesn't have much meaning. [Niceness] could just be a masquerade, a piece of fakery. People think that a lot because that's the ethos of our age. I think people would gratefully give up that wariness given half a chance...
...variety of course proposals to the curriculum as the best way to ensure that students outside the concentration still appreciate history. Some professors have been less optimistic, declaring that Gen Ed’s structure is too flawed to survive without requiring some restructuring. “I suspect that Gen Ed in its present form won’t last quite as long as the Core did before it had to be revised,” says History of Art and Architecture Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger. A committee will be appointed to review Gen Ed’s progress...
...people, convict them in a court of law and put them behind bars. In this case, the FBI needed an address, a phone number, a license plate - anything to act on. On the other hand, the CIA is conditioned to steal anything that looks like a secret, even a suspect one, letting analysts in Washington sort out the truth from fiction. The FBI and CIA cultures couldn't be more different...
...Roeder was sentenced to 24 months of probation. The conviction was overturned on appeal the next year when a higher court said the police search of his car had been illegal. Authorities have yet to confirm that the present suspect was the man in question...