Word: extinctionism
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Such series as this one, where each man of letters is capsulated between paper covers, have obvious dangers. But they also tend to come up with surprisingly insightful generalities under the inspiration of compression. In German, for instance, there is a similar book on Beckett that contains an elaborate chart...
When the Reserve Mining Co. opened its huge iron ore plant in northern Minnesota in 1955, there was no problem attracting labor. Thousands of workers jumped at the promise of high wages, dazzling views of Lake Superior from an attractive company town called Silver Bay, and the good moose and...
Similarly, Israeli troops have used their American Patton and British Centurion tanks more effectively than the Arabs have their lighter Russian-made T-54/55s. Neither side has had much opportunity to test how effectively they use the surface-to-air missiles protecting their base areas and cities. But by...
The play offers no new insight and makes no clear point. It pushes nostalgia to the brink of extinction. Queen Mother Mary (Eileen Herlie) is a starchy matriarch with a cast-iron devotion to duty. Edward (George Grizzard) is a kind of superannuated adolescent with vague notions of modernizing monarchy...
Jeremy Mallinson, zoological director at Jersey, points out that most zoos are actually a severe drain on natural populations. Every animal seen in a conventional zoo represents about nine that have died from disease contracted in captivity or carelessness on the part of collectors. In that sense, old-fashioned zoos...