Word: extinctionism
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It begins with a runny nose, accompanied by a feeling of listlessness. Soon body temperature may soar as high as 40.5° C. (105° F.), and the patient develops the characteristic red rash of common measles, or rubeola.* Though this childhood disease seemed on the verge of extinction after...
One day last June, an official at Houghton Library (and I know this is useless: everyone has a library story--preferably Widener--but this one was too good to resist) one day, last June, an official at Houghton noticed a pen left lying on a table. Now it is universally...
In view of the fact that our so-called human intelligence has already driven some species to extinction, there is only one commandment for us in nature's bible: Thou shalt not tamper.
Karen Druckman '78 and Lise Newcomer '77 co-founded the company, and both plan to make their careers in the dance world. "One of the things I wanted to do was to make dance accepted by the University administration," Druckman said last week. With official recognition from Archie C. Epps...
Under the plan, Detroit's beloved dinosaur, thumping its chrome-plated tail, is doomed for the swamps of extinction. The new plan will impose an excise tax on the purchase of large cars. Under consideration as a fallback plan is a gasoline tax, beginning with 5? per gal. and...