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...stagnant wetlands near the Alewife MBTA station, the bird calls are deafening. Hundreds of wrens swoop through the head-high reeds in dizzy spirals and whorls.But change is coming for the 90 species of birds, from hawks to owls, that call the wetlands home. The construction of the new Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA) building in Alewife will lead to the removal of some nesting places, but also, community activists hope, open up the wetlands to a much broader range of animal and plant species in one of Cambridge’s wildest spaces.In addition to the birds...
...victory, and he immediately jumped toward the glass, where the student section roared. A Division II squad until 1998, the Bobcats were 1-0 in the ECAC. The next night, they beat Dartmouth 7-5, sweeping two of the conference’s toughest teams in one fell swoop. But after the game, as Quinnipac players and coaches mingled amidst a crowd of reporters and cameras, Tobe was somber. “It was a big game for them,” he shrugged. “But it was a big game...
...move to a democratic HCC should happen immediately, coinciding with the UC presidential elections. Candidates should campaign both on their credentials planning similar events and the musical performers that they want to bring to Harvard. Students will then be able to vote for competence and preference with one swoop of their mouse...
...roundness rule would add lots of planets to the solar system in one fell swoop: not just Sedna, Quaoar and 2003 UB313 but also two more icy worlds spotted by Brown and Trujillo--2004 DW, a little bigger than Quaoar, and 2003 EL61, probably about seven-tenths the size of Pluto. The latter made headlines when it was formally announced to the world by Spanish astronomers who, according to Brown, knew where to look because they had used the Internet to tap into his telescope logs (the Spaniards deny the charge). At least five or six asteroids would also qualify...
...stars of the show, though, are Walk Japan's bilingual guides. Besides knowing the innkeepers and many locals along the trail well enough to ask about the latest family news or village gossip, each guide is a mine of general knowledge about the country. After-dinner chats can easily swoop from discussions of feudalism to an analysis of contemporary demographics. It's a lesson in Japanese studies that you won't find in any lecture theater, with some rigorous exercise to boot...