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...quang khem -- and a novel species of fish resembling carp. Since exploration is still in its early stages, hopes are high that many more discoveries will follow. The area is "a biological gold mine," says MacKinnon, who has spent 25 years as a field biologist in Asia. Says Colin Groves, a taxonomist at Australia's National University: "The region represents much more than the find of the year; it could be the find of the century." A place long closed off from the world by tyranny and war has suddenly become an open classroom of natural history...
...Based on my work experience and my knowledge, Colonel North is not someone I could support or work for." -- Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell...
There's a growing buzz among Republican power brokers that Colin Powell is the G.O.P.'s best alternative to Old Guard types like Bob Dole and Dick Cheney and should be the party's presidential candidate in 1996. At the same time, some Republican political consultants are telling Powell that he needs to build a power base, and that he should consider a vice-presidential slot in '96 and wait until 2000 to run for President. For now, Powell -- who has never publicly revealed his party affiliation -- is continuing to work on his $6 million memoirs...
Last spring, Chang became involved in the protests against the choice of then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin L. Powell as Commencement speaker, because Powell had fought lifting the ban on gays in the military. When Chen argued that he didn't think a protest at the ceremony was appropriate, Chang debated the issue with him until 6 on commencement morning. "I think a lot of people would've been `Why don't you understand civilrights?'" Chen says. "I think his patience in talking about these things helped make me [understand] why the [protest] was so essential...
Rudenstine's decision sparked little protest from gay rights groups on campus, which mobilized a protest of 300 students, faculty and community members to object to the invitation to Gen. Colin L. Powell to speak at Commencement last year...