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...ever challenged the extent of Whitacre's determination to succeed, which makes his casting as a whistle blower so unusual. Whitacre, say those who have worked with him, seemed happy and in a hurry. "He'd just swarm over a problem until it was solved," says Professor Gerald Combs of Cornell University, where Whitacre earned a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry in 1983. "He was like a saw running on 220 volts instead of 110. We used to tease him about how wired...
Essentially docile, bats play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance. For one thing, they protect crops from marauding insects. The 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats that roost in Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas, from spring to fall consume 250 tons of insects every night as they swarm to altitudes of 10,000 ft. Farmers are not the only ones who benefit. A single little brown bat can speedily clear a suburban backyard of pesky mosquitoes, lapping up 600 bugs an hour...
...mill lust but rather by the devil himself. With eyes that turn a yield-sign yellow and a voice that sinks deep and demonic, Dr. Evans has misbehaved all over the fictional town of Salem. So far, she has burned down a church, unleashed a swarm of vicious bees and morphed -- with the help of movie-like special effects -- into a menacing black panther. Stay tuned for a scheduled exorcism...
...Redford, the owner of Oasis, the largest nightclub in Bermuda, says the swarm of Harvard students always makes a splash...
...wanted to rob a bank, where would you go? Harvard Square, of course! With branches of at least five major banks right here, robbers have a virtual smorgasbord. Armored cars cruise through Massachusetts Avenue at all hours, ripe for the picking. Crowds swarm in and out of buildings, automatic teller machines abound, payroll packets flit to and fro--it's a robber's paradise...