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...outbreak of the Second World War, Professor Morison, his reputation as a leading historian firmly established by texts such as the classic "Maritime History of Massachusetts," published the greatest work of his career. From the tumultuous reception accorded it by critics and public alike, the monumental "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" promises to remain for all posterity the classic biography of Columbus. At all events, it justifies the inscription on one of the Professor's most cherished possessions--a photograph of Franklin Roosevelt which he autographed "To my friend Sam Morison--Columbus Junior...
...annual meeting and outing of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association will take place next Saturday. Members will leave the Public Library for Swampscott at 2 o'clock. Dinner will be served in the New Ocean House...
...articles about suicide bombings, tumbling U.S. troop morale and rising casualties while state TV lifts footage from CNN and dubs over its own gloating commentary. The specter of military intervention has haunted the generals since the 1988 uprising, when the U.S. parked an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. The toppling of Saddam Hussein raises genuine hopes among Burmese that their despots will be next. The U.S. embassy in Rangoon even received messages reading "Please invade us." But the saturation media coverage of Iraq has served a domestic purpose. "This is our government's way of telling us, 'America...
...make it through the furious tropical storms common in the island's November-to-April rainy season. But SNGF director Guy Rakotondranony insists they will survive - they have to. The seedlings are "our hope for the future," he says, "our ecological insurance policy." Isolated for eons in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar has evolved such a unique range of flora and fauna that 18th century French explorer Philippe de Commerson described the island as "the naturalist's promised land." Nature, he wrote, "seems to have retreated there into a private sanctuary where she could work on different models from...
Gore highlighted how global warming causes glaciers to melt. As temperatures rise, he said, the Everglades and Florida Keys—both in the state that cost him the 2000 presidential election—will soon be engulfed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean...