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...REAL VALUE of the book lies in its explanation of the indirect benefits of conservation. Mankind could lose valuable but as yet unknown drugs from plants, the esthetic beauty of the gnarled Bristle Cone Pines and the majestic blue whales, and the companionship of our pets. Crass, short-term harvesting of whales to make a profit or use of DDT to save time, or polluting to cut costs--all these deprive us of natural novelties which once gone can never be creat#d again...
...wealth through suffering (a theme of Rich Man, Poor Man). Virtue among the good English is measured by willingness to subordinate their lives to the Irish cause. Despite mechanical plotting, the first two hours evoke a world that can still outrage us. In America, however, there is no unknown corner of history to illumine. Ireland thus becomes less a symbol than a storymaker's device. Events rush together, plot overwhelms character, acting turns to shouting, and the saga sags...
...syndrome, somewhat similar to viral pneumonia, was at first dismissed by Spanish health authorities as a simple outbreak of "atypical" pneumonia. But Dr. Antonio Muro-Fernandez, director of Spain's National Center for Infectious Diseases, challenged that diagnosis. He thought people were dying from a hitherto unknown disease, not caused by virus-like organisms, and he was alarmed that the killer ailment would soon sweep the country. For his pains, Muro-Fernandez was suspended from duty, allegedly because he was suffering from "stress and exhaustion...
...Faculty Council even though the so-called "quashing" of the GSA's request for leaflets in registration packets applied equally to every student group on campus. Using some unarticulated but obviously twisted logic, the Crimson interpreted this policy as an affront directed exclusively at the Gay community. For some unknown reason, none of the other student groups suffered any hardship or needed a Crimson editorial to rally for its cause...
Once its beauty-pageant pretensions are ignored, though, The Pushcart Prize, VI can be seen for what it is: a fascinating peek at the vast and largely hidden world of noncommercial publishing. This is where talented young or unknown writers are likely to make their first impressions. Perhaps the most interesting debut over the past year belongs to Gayle Baney Whittier, who teaches French literature at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Her short story Lost Time Accident, which opens the collection, sensitively records a girl's growing awareness of the life her father leads, exposed...