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...Geological Survey and Thomas Van Devender of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum found evidence that could explain why a once thriving Anasazi Indian community was abandoned 800 years ago. Simply stated, the Indians eventually used all the surrounding pine trees for their dwellings and firewood, depleting the woodland and eroding the farmland vital to the tribe's survival...
...Cornell 2 p.m. Sat. 2 ARMY 1:00 p.m. Tue. 5 PRINCETON noon * at Woodland Hills ** at Pepperdine Harvard Women's Tennis Lines...
Also on the committee are North House Master J. Woodland Hastings, William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid, Registrar Georgine Herschbatch, Robin Jacoby, vice-president for college relations, and McKay professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis
...geological term for prairie soil. The westerly thinning-out of forest and the first broad stretches of prairie grass are what make Chase County a magical place for the author. Eastern travelers feel edgy here, Trogdon notices, and so do some natives: "The protection and sureties of the vertical woodland, walled like a home and enclosed like a refuge, are gone, and now the land . . . is a world of air, space, apparent emptiness, near nothingness," where wind blows steadily "as if out of the lungs of the universe...
...those who feel guilty about lying on a Mediterranean beach, there are other things to do. The British travel firm of Eco Holidays, for example, is offering a trip to assist in woodland preservation in Romania. But John Button, author of The Green Guide to England, may have the ultimate solution. The "truly aware," says he, will not go on holiday...