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...coldest climes of Asia back then. How on earth did he do it without a way to keep the home fires burning? "In essence," said biologist Steve Weiner, lead author of the study, "we spoil the story." Look on the bright side -- scientists now have a whole new missing link to ponder. The Zhoudoudian tourist industry is unlikely to see it that way, however...
...observation of broad anatomical similarities, that birds might be descended from the dinosaurs. But for decades, nobody could produce much detailed physical evidence to back up the theory. It wasn't until the 1970s that Yale paleontologist John Ostrom began building a bone-by-bone case for the link--at least for theropod dinosaurs, which include velociraptors and tyrannosaurs. By the mid-1990s, the list of parts common to birds and dinos included wishbones, breastbones, three-toed feet, hollow bones and swiveling wrist joints...
...year. And no one doubts that if the renminbi did slip, that would launch the rest of the region into a new round of devastating devaluations. And Hong Kong, which has pegged its currency to the U.S. dollar for 15 years, would have little choice but to abandon that link, with possibly disastrous results for its stock and property markets. We got a taste of what that might mean for the U.S. and Europe at the beginning of last week, when global stock markets began cascading downward because of the weakness of the yen. The disarray in those markets coupled...
...fact, it is Captain Herndon, not Mark Twain, who is the link to Tommy Thompson, and Thompson who is the main figure of what is so far the summer's best nonfiction adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (Atlantic Monthly; 507 pages; $27.50). As author Gary Kinder relates, in 1857, some years after making his exploration and writing his book, Herndon had charge of a large paddle-wheel steamer bound from the Panamanian port city of Aspinwall, now known as Colon, to New York City. The S.S. Central America carried 500 passengers, many of them returning...
...personal link to Jiang or China did not prove necessary for all who protested under the banner of Taiwanese Cultural Society (TCS) and the Students for a Free Tibet. A few Bostonians without affiliation to any identity group were present at the protests. They draped American flags over their shoulders to protest the red carpet the United States had rolled out for Jiang. And Chinese dissident Harry Wu spoke to crowds on such universal issues as the value of human rights...