Word: waterers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard men's water polo team did something this weekend that it has never done before: win two games at the Eastern Tournament...
...gray Kenyan dusk, an elephant soundlessly advances to the edge of a water hole, its trunk raised high to catch the first scent of danger. Satisfied that the way is clear, it signals and is joined by a second elephant. In ritual greeting the two behemoths entwine their trunks, flap their enormous ears and clack tusk against tusk, sending the cold crack of ivory across the Ngulia Hills. That same sound is heard 10,000 miles away in Hong Kong and Tokyo, where ivory traders stack tusk upon tusk -- more than 800 tons, scrubbed clean of blood and connective tissue...
...African ecosystems. Elephants not only inhabit but also shape their habitat. In their search for food, they uproot and topple trees, allowing grasses and shrubs to take root and sunlight to reach the ground. By digging with their tusks, the great beasts bring underground pools to the surface, creating water holes that sustain a host of thirsty creatures. Warns a May 1989 study by a consortium of conservationists: "The elephant's extermination will lead to biological impoverishment and domino-like extinctions over much of Africa...
Subramanian, like Griffin, advocates a council newspaper. In addition, Subramanian says he wants a Harvard internal mail service, a student center and efforts to provide cleaner water...
What's worse, most of the Third World countries that accept the waste are even less adequately prepared to deal with it than the nations that send it. Without sophisticated facilities to dispose of the waste properly, it often contaminates the water supply and the surrounding land...