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Fortunately, Thompson has already "read" many of the records that are now gravely endangered. From the Quelccaya ice cap in southern Peru, for example, he has reconstructed a 1,500-year sequence of swings from wet to dry that eerily track the rise and fall of ancient civilizations. From glaciers on opposite sides of the world, some in the Andes, others in the Himalayas, he has built a strong case that the tropics were far colder 20,000 years ago, at the height of the last ice age, than most scientists thought possible...
...first provost Jerry R. Green was appointed by a still “wet behind the ears” Rudenstine. Green lasted only three years as provost...
MOSQUITOES Weird wet weather in late spring followed by tropical heat is blamed for record mosquito infestations as health officials brace for more cases of encephalitis, West Nile fever, E. coli and other skeeter-borne maladies this summer...
...than ever. Although pundits who were worrying about this sort of thing during the campaign tended to think a year was a safe minimum learning-to-fly-solo period - for what that's worth - but Bush has been in office five months now, and his feet are pretty wet. And it's not as if Cheney is the only wise old government hand left in this Administration...
...wasn't. He is at ease around professional women. Even Cheney, in his way, has evolved. In his close relationship with his lesbian daughter Mary, he has obviously dealt with a subject matter no 1950s father would have gone near. But just when you think Cheney might be all wet, look at what gets him excited: energy policy, defense restructuring, tax cuts. He likes areas where you can get things done. And the more feminine qualities of empathy and compromise are not so easy...