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...first stanza of one of Herbert's few poems that explicitly confronts twentieth century history, "The Ardennes Forest," he draws on the same notion of dream as a doorway to comprehending experience to also present a picture typical of his understanding of man and nature...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zbigniew H. Dies, a Master | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

...Some colleges guide their students down clear-cut paths; Harvard leaves theirs in the middle of a forest without a compass and sees if they can survive long enough to find their ways out. By contrast, Bay State College trains students in fashion, business and hospitality and tourism. It creates future travel agents and flight attendants. There is hope for expanding one's horizons beyond the Sanders/Sever bubble-for those willing to take the weight and pay the rate...

Author: By Carlin E. Wing, | Title: When FAS Doesn't Make the Grade: Alternative Courses | 2/11/1999 | See Source »

...substantially different genetic makeup. And when they compared Marilyn's genetic makeup with that of other chimps, they determined that she belonged to a different subspecies than the chimps that harbor the other SIV strains; those kindred chimps live farther east in the equatorial African rain forest. More important, Marilyn's virus closely matched the three major groupings of HIV-1 strains, whereas the other simian viruses appeared only remotely like the human virus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Chimpanzee | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...TELEVISION UConn at Miami, Fl., (bkc), ESPN, 7 p.m. Wake Forest at FSU (bkc), ESPN2, 8 p.m. Duke at Clemson (bkc), ESPN, 9 p.m. Kansas at Colorado (bkw), FSNE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

...loss of tropical rain forests is a tragedy that saddens all in the U.S. forest-products industry. Members of this association have worked hard to protect and conserve forests and wildlife both in the U.S. and elsewhere. American forest-products companies that have concessions overseas do not log in tropical rain forests, and public and privately owned forests in the U.S. are replanted as soon as possible after harvest. In 1995-97, our members reforested 3.7 million acres. W. HENSON MOORE President and CEO American Forest & Paper Association Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 18, 1999 | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

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