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...country's northern provinces were being devastated by 33 separate locust swarms, ranging in size from 5 to 40 sq. mi. Neighboring Somalia, meanwhile, reported 17 giant swarms of the buzzing, shell-covered creatures, which can sweep 100 sq. mi. of farm land clean overnight. Jean Roy, an expert in locust control operations for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), described the situation as "the worst I have known in 35 years...
MacGregor's clinching argument is a runty border collie with one white eye named Rob Roy. As a cluster of prospective customers watch, MacGregor launches Rob Roy at five skittish Cheviots standing at the far end of a corral 300 yds. long. Using skills his ancestors employed to cut weak animals out of the flock, Rob Roy takes off like a shot, slows to a crawl, inches up to the Cheviots and fixes their apparent leader with a mesmeric stare. As MacGregor yells directions ("way to me, way to me,") meaning circle to the right, Rob Roy nudges...
...jobs in solar energy alone, and we are helping prepare our students for these opportunities." At suburban Evanston Township High School, an architectural drawing program includes the study of solar heating, wind generators and maximum use of insulation. At a recent science fair at Brooklyn's Roy Mann Intermediate School, there was an impressive array of energy projects. One seventh-grade student, Chris Bonagura, 13, built a working model of a solar-heated home. He was Inspired when he became cold one night on an environmental field trip. Says he: "I thought about heating and solar energy?no wasted coal...
...Roy Wilkins, former executive director of the NAACP--Doctor of Laws...
...prominent civil rights activists also received degrees this morning at Harvard's 327th Commencement. Vernon E. Jordan, executive director of the National Urban League, and Roy Wilkins, former executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), both received Doctor of Laws citations...