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...reptiles can be found nowhere else on earth, and, says palm expert John Dransfield of the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) at Kew in the U.K., "we are discovering new species at an astounding rate." Many, like the now-famous rosy periwinkle, a source of compounds used to treat leukemia and Hodgkin's disease, have huge medicinal potential. "It has become a cliché to describe Madagascar as a Noah's Ark," says Dransfield, "but it's true. If we lose Madagascar, we lose an irreplaceable asset." Conservationists are fighting hard to preserve what's left of Madagascar's biodiversity...
...thinking about a more centralized form of pre-concentration advising,” Gross says. “We have to treat pre-concentration advising more seriously, as a job, and not just...
...school was as one of the ‘girls’ in the secretarial pool at a law firm. So I guess that we rallied against the word ‘girls’ because it became shorthand for the refusal of the male chauvinist pigs to treat us as mature adults who could assume responsible roles in society rather than as their girl servants...
Harvard’s alcohol policy for first-years is a blend of old-school, heavy-handed discipline and paternalistic patronizing. Such a peculiar mix has this singular consequence: Proctors expect students to behave like adults, but treat them like children...
...nation's most revered sports personality and fans were quick to demand a review of the process - even a ditching of the rules. Arch-rival Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband described the situation as "laughable" and said Australian selectors were "arrogant." "It shows a lack of respect to treat (Thorpe) like this." Swimming Australia defended the starting rule as one known to schoolchildren the world over. SA president John Devitt says the Olympic selection system may be severe but it's the fairest method available. "You've got one chance and you have to be able to perform...