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...among the stately firs, hemlocks, cedars and redwoods in the "old growth" forests of the Pacific Northwest. So are goshawks, flying squirrels and red tree voles. But amid this Noah's ark of creatures, none is so influential as a dark-eyed bird with a doglike bark and a yen for mice -- the northern spotted...
...Prime Minister clung to his job until a weekend news story reported that Ihei Aoki, his right-hand man, had received a 50 million-yen ($347,222) loan from the Recruit Co. two years ago that apparently found its way into the Takeshita campaign chest. The disclosure flatly contradicted the version of events that Takeshita had laid out before the Japanese Diet in early April. Two days after the Aoki story broke, Takeshita came to the conclusion that he could not keep his job; public disapproval was so strong that his government's popularity rating had plummeted to a mortifying...
Larsen Librarian of Harvard College Yen-Tsai Feng could not be reached for comment, but a student at the Widener circulation desk said that elevator-related breakdowns "happen sometimes, but not too frequently...
...While other Harvard libraries have different purposes, the goal of Lamont should be to serve the special needs of undergraduates," said Librarian of Harvard College Yen-Tsai Feng...
Along with University of California-Irvine professor Frank S. Rowland, Corey was awarded 50 million yen...