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...conventional wisdom, the two don't even overlap: Harvard is for the best and the brightest, 'Bama for the biggest and the brawniest. Cambridge has a Nobel prize-laden faculty, Tuscaloosa has the legacy of its great football coach, Paul "the Bear" Bryant...
...farmer's pickup. He recuperates at the farm, mute but helpful. As long as the mysterious man is present, the farmer's fields stay green, while all around them leaves turn the color of fire. Winter comes only when the stranger departs. Every year thereafter, the frosty windows bear a Delphic message, SEE YOU NEXT FALL. Van Allsburg the writer could use an interpreter. Van Allsburg the illustrator is luckier; his paintings have an eloquence of their...
...verdant, but during the five to six months of the year that are rainless (early December to mid-May in Costa Rica), many trees lose their leaves. Unlike the temperate zone's deciduous hardwood forests, however, they do not become fully dormant. Instead, the bare trees flower and bear fruit, which nourishes a variety of mammals and insects. Centuries ago, such vegetation covered 60% of the forest regions of Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, Africa and northern Australia. On the west coast of Central America alone, 98% has been chopped down or burned. Says Janzen: "Tropical dry forest is where...
Texans were heartened by the mergers, which need Federal Reserve Board approval. Paul Horvitz, a professor at the University of Houston, called the deals a "vote of confidence in the Texas economy." Still, their success is not assured. Said Mark Alpert, a banking analyst at Bear, Stearns, a New York City investment firm: "Nobody really knows where the bottom of the Texas slump might...
...real beau Sam Shepard). Sissy Spacek is Babe, under arrest for the attempted murder of her husband, who had discovered her frolicking with a black teenager. Spacek comes off best, perhaps because she gets to flash her radiant smile after a plethora of roles that forced her to bear down and save the world...