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...archaeologist Bryant Wood, writing in the March/April issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, claims that Kenyon was wrong. Based on a re-evaluation of her research, which was published in detail only recently, Wood says that the city's walls could have come tumbling down at just the right time to match the biblical account. While that does not prove that the event happened, it does give plausibility to the Old Testament version...
...this. Ever the magpie, fashion has caught on to ecology. "Le look vegetal" is popular in Paris, where earth colors and materials like fake hemp and mock plant stems are making news. In Henderson's case, the affinity to natural colors probably predates environmental zeal. "I like fruit tones, wood, stones," he says. "I keep beautiful rocks around, and I dry flowers to see which shades will emerge...
...Donie Wood (Arkansas) d. Mike Shyjan (HARVARD), 6-3, 6-2; 2. Mike Zimmerman (HARVARD) d. Cha Hoon lm (Arkansas), 6-3, 6-2; 3. Mark Leschly (HARVARD) d. J.P. Mieny (Arkansas), 6-4, 6-3; 4. Derek Brown (HARVARD) d. Garron Borkum (Arkansas), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; 5. Albert Chang (HARVARD) d. Keith Burford (Arkansas), 6-2, 7-5; 6. John Tolmie (HARVARD) d. Robert Antoun (Arkansas...
Harvard's only loss came at first singles, as sophomore Mike Shyjan dropped a straight-set match to Donie Wood, but Mike Zimmerman, Mark Leschly, Derek Brown, Albert Chang and John Tolmie swept the remaining singles matches to clinch the victory. Only Brown was stretched to straight sets, outlasting Arkansas' Garron Borkum, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Harvard only dropped 43 games in the six matches...
...want to hone those bargaining skills, take a trip to the straw market, a two-story open market building in downtown Nassau. There, dozens of Bahamian natives will talk sweetly to you while they braid your hair Bo Derek-style and sell you lots of little straw and wood gadgets that you don't need. At the very least, you'll have fun picking up souvenirs for friends and family back home...