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...white beetles. They pose no risk to humans, but their larvae, living just underneath the bark, deny a tree vital nutrients and essentially starve it to death. After finishing with one tree, adult beetles move on to the next, often flying hundreds of feet at a time. Getting rid of the trees is the only way of eradicating the beetle. Since August officials in Chicago have been spraying infested trees with purple and green fluorescent paint, marking them for doom. In the hardest-hit parts of the 14-sq.-mi. quarantine area, covering about 5% of Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Naked City: How an Alien Ate the Shade | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

Though Solano speaks sentimentally about her store's past, she emphasizes that one of her goals was to rid the shop of its "clubby atmosphere...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mom and Pop Make a Go | 2/9/1999 | See Source »

...proposed a bill that would test veteran as well as prospective teachers and get rid of teachers who fail...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Experts Denounce Teacher Testing, MCAS | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

...dealer. Since the Bellagio opened three months ago, Wynn has sold a number of pieces from the late 20th century: a Jasper Johns, a Lichtenstein, two Warhol pieces and Rauschenberg's The Small Red Painting, which purportedly went to billionaire publisher SI NEWHOUSE. "He has got rid of quite a few 20th century paintings and is starting to go into the Renaissance," says ALAN FELDMAN, Wynn's spokesman. In fact, he has added a Rembrandt, a Rubens and a Renoir. To those surprised by all this commerce, well, it is Vegas. "We're not a museum. We're a gallery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art World | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...society. They think about smaller, more parochial matters like building roads and bridges and picking up cash by selling more kiwi fruit and pork. In their eyes, getting the chance to cast a ballot does not yet ring grandly of revolution. They'd rather find a way to get rid of the Pork Despot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyewitness: An Experiment in Voting, If Not Democracy | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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