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...like any baby chicks. Rather than sticking their heads rapidly upward and forward, then holding still while they squealed, they wobbled their heads up and down like quail. Or they postured like chickens but engaged in the distinctive three-note quail song. After much trial and error, Balaban--an amateur baroque musician who sometimes serenaded his chicks with his lute to stimulate their singing--traced the movements and sounds to two very different areas in the brain. "That's new. That's interesting," says Caltech neurobiologist Masakazu Konishi. "It means posture and sound that usually occur together in crowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COCK-A-DOODLE QUAIL | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...though the Defense Fund logo--a map-like street grid with an arrow shooting upward--may imply a single direction for Harvard Square, local business people and residents will doubtless continue to be divided in their support for the group...

Author: By Adam S. Hickey, | Title: The Defense (Fund) Never Rests Its Case | 3/5/1997 | See Source »

...sent the Dow plunging by more than 100 points before it settled to a loss for 61 1/2 for the day. Greenspan, who rocked markets in December with a comment about the ?irrational exhuberance? among investors that was driving stock prices high, told the Senate Wednesday that the recent upward run of the stock market poses an inflationary threat. When he added that the Fed would not rule out raising short-term interest rates in an effort to ease those inflationary pressures, the markets went temporarily insane. Within moments, the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 101 points, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenspan Rattles The Bulls | 2/26/1997 | See Source »

Demands such as those made by American's pilots and other groups--who gave up wages and benefits in the past--can only put upward pressure on prices. And with companies such as USAir and TWA struggling mightily to maintain altitude, a big merger is possible, which would invariably reduce price competition. The net effect, everywhere you turn, is that fares are up and service is way down--and the prospects aren't good for much improvement in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...stage only to fall on his chest. In the end, however, her loyalty to her husband prevails, and in a sad twist of fate, she rips up Onegin's letter and with a pained expression points to the door. As Onegin leaves, Tatiana stands desolate, head and eyes lifted upward and arms stretched down by her sides...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, | Title: escape from social RHYME or REASON | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

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