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...something interesting, unique and less than half a mile away, consider attending a discussion by Tim Flannery today at the Harvard Coop. Flannery talks about his "Throwim Way Leg: Tree Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds: On the Track of Unknown Wild Animals in Wildest New Guinea." 1400 Mass Ave. 499-2000. 7 p.m. FREE...
...know what you're thinking. But I'm not a tree-hugging greenie! And most Americans aren't. In fact, this false image of environmentalism is why the cause has suffered so much over the past decade...
...pack of hair curlers once and neglected to tell the clerk about it. Interview everyone who has a grudge against him--old secretaries who had to correct his grammar on the letters they typed, the neighbor who had to deal with the leaves from the Hatch maple tree. Search his home. Maybe he has a secret fondness for donning embroidered platform shoes and elephant bells and lip synching to Barry Manilow. Why shouldn't the nation know about this...
...else fails, there are effective medical treatments. Allergy shots are good at desensitizing patients to grass, tree and weed pollens. Prescription-strength drugs like antihistamines and inhaled corticosteroids damp down the allergic response. (Caution: long-term use of corticosteroids may lead to changes in the bone, especially in children, and an increased risk of cataracts in adults.) So if you feel as though you've had a cold all winter long, have your doctor run a few allergy tests to see if you need something more than chicken soup...
...Oberlin, we asked, How can we design a building like a tree?--a fecund structure that purifies waters and makes oxygen and food," he says. "In Coffee Creek, we asked, What if a town were like a forest?" He envisions the Indiana project as the first step toward creating "a green world with connecting gray zones...