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...main food source - has twice been hit by debilitating diseases. Myxomatosis decimated the rabbits after a French doctor introduced it in the 1950s to prevent the animals from eating his crops; and viral hemorrhagic pneumonia did the same in the early 1980s when it arrived from Asia, probably via shipments of contaminated meat and infected live rabbits. Not much can be done to fend off such viruses; conservationists just have to wait until the rabbits develop immunity, as they did against myxomatosis. Now the lynx's habitat is becoming almost as scarce as its food supply. Over the past...
Simple reasoning dictates that the Z-list does not simply help legacy students, but also hurts others—the competition for spots at a place like Harvard is a zero-sum game, and for every under-qualified legacy that is allowed in via the Z-list, another student’s chance to come here is eliminated...
Prior to this week, Byrnes had racked up 294 yards, 110 via receptions and 146 through returns...
Think again. Argentine beef, prized for tenderness, is banned in the U.S. Chances are this was raised elsewhere and shipped via Argentina. The usda is devising a new, clearer label on beef's geographical origin. Voluntary guidelines are expected this month and mandatory ones in 2004. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...Once grown and pressed, Afghan hash is sold to freelance truck and jeep drivers who take it to Tajikistan or Kabul, where it is resold at four times the price. It's then smuggled via Central Asia or Pakistan to the West, where Afghan hash finds many eager buyers. But as dope smokers celebrate the new "enlightened" view of pot, any thought of the distant, parched land where it is grown has been lost in the haze. Back in the dust-bowl fields around Mazar, the growing foreign demand and new freedom to exploit it translate into a rare chance...