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Matschie's tree kangaroo is a 2-ft.-tall marsupial with a pink nose and a fuzzy golden belly. Its future is uncertain in its native New Guinea, where rain forests are dwindling and the locals hunt it for food, but 22 are alive and breeding on 3,200 acres of wooded hills in northern Virginia. Unfortunately for Matschie's tree kangaroo, that refuge itself is now on the endangered list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutbacks In Conservation: Mr. Small At The Smithsonian | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...meets girl, boy and girl clearly like each other, boy and girl almost never see each other again, story has a happy ending) the execution certainly makes this production one of the best this semester. Carmichael creates characters who are interesting and emotionally engaging. Donald is a shy, uncertain teen who grapples with the untimely death of his parents and the handicap his medical condition imposes on him. D is a boisterous, and sometimes obnoxious youth who is looking for some fun (which often means trouble). Trix is the third member of this motley crew; the mini lapses of violent...

Author: By Rebecca Cantu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Sort of Romantic Comedy Well Worth The Confusion | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...musical, however, brings a palpable change in mood. An avenging giant appears on the scene, and the characters again go off into the woods, this time to “see what’s wrong.” Right and wrong intermingle as the characters become uncertain about what they really should do. Conventional fates are turned upside-down: good characters lie, others die and the Witch tells the truth. Characters eventually become aware of their interdependence...

Author: By Amy W. Lai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Trees Are Just Wood | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...still in an uncertain position. The GDP numbers will be revised as the month goes on, and I wouldn't be surprised if these numbers went down a little. The big question will be with the Fed - has it moved enough, and how much will it move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Forget What Consumers Think — Watch What They Do' | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...President Bush, it must be said, looked awkward and uncertain those first two days of the Hainan standoff. He talked tough, or tough-ish, but that appeared to only ratchet up the rhetoric from Beijing. He'd previously signaled his intention to play hardball with China, and had hoped to downgrade the central role the Middle Kingdom had played in the Clinton administration's Asia policy. Suddenly, here were the Chinese in his face, testing his resolve. And with the immediate fate of 24 U.S. personnel - and a relationship of profound geopolitical and economic consequence - at stake, there was precious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colin Powell | 4/12/2001 | See Source »

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