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...Fish and Wildlife Service whether to formally declare the owl an endangered species. The designation would make it a federal crime to disturb the bird's habitat -- the woodlands that have succumbed to chain saws at the rate of 55,000 acres a year. Only about one-tenth of the original forests in the continental U.S. remain undisturbed...
...Harvard,] you get to work with a wonderfulvery large group of people," Spence said. "The jobat Stanford is rather similar in terms of jobdescription, but it is true that the faculty isabout one-tenth the size. It probably is moremanageable...
That was the assignment handed to 300 seventh- through tenth-graders in the Northern Valley schools of Bergen County, N.J., last week by their teachers as part of a six-year-old campaign to show talented youngsters how to solve complex problems. The sources for the students' stories were 14 speakers from local universities, government agencies, a law firm and the press, who talked about everything from the latest developments in medicine and genetics to demographic trends and family issues. After a day of listening and note- taking, the students had six hours to turn the information into issues...
...that anyone doubts Trouillot's sincerity. "We believe this government is truly dedicated to conducting elections," said U.S. Ambassador Alvin Adams, who played a crucial role in hastening Avril's departure. As a lawyer and judge, Trouillot, 46, earned a reputation for integrity and political independence. The tenth child of a working-class family, she is the author of several books on law and rose through the judicial system to a seat on the high court. In her inaugural speech, Trouillot "accepted this heavy task in the name of the Haitian woman...
Aside from being tied with the Bruins in the Sun ballot, Harvard was the highest ranked Ivy League school in both polls. Previously eighthranked Cornell dropped to 14th in the USILA poll with the loss to the Crimson, behind tied-for-tenth-ranked Brown and Yale, and 13th ranked Pennsylvania...