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Rachel Louise Carson: 27 May 1907 - 14 April 1964
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Rachel Louise Carson
27 May 1907-14 April 1964
Writer and scientist
Carson was fascinated by the ocean and its mysteries as well as by the shoreline of life between the sea and the land. Her nature writing enthralled millions of readers, introducing them to the myriad of intricate interrelationships that were basic to the science of ecology. Embedded within her writing was the view that human beings were but one part of nature, distinguished primarily by their power to alter it, in some cases irreversibly. Believing that science and literature were equal in their ability to illuminate and ...
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Shortages hit Katmandu as police fire rubber bullets on pro-democracy protesters
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Worldstream 04-16-2006 Dateline: KATMANDU, Nepal With fuel being rationed and fresh food running low in Katmandu, clashes between police and protesters...heart _ the first in the center of Katmandu, where rallies are banned. Even with...
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KATMANDU REMAINS UNDER MAOIST SIEGE
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...United Press International 08-23-2004 Katmandu remains under Maoist siege NEW DELHI...The indefinite blockade of capital -- Katmandu, a city of 1.5 million people...businessman, Prem Bahadur Thokar, in Katmandu a few hours after they had shot down...
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Clash shakes Katmandu as Nepal again imposes curfew to stop pro-democracy protests
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Worldstream 04-11-2006 Dateline: KATMANDU, Nepal Police fired on pro-democracy protesters Tuesday in Katmandu, leaving at least 12 people injured...protests by imposing a daytime curfew in Katmandu, the capital, and two other towns...
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The bounty of Katmandu: books.(THE HOME FORUM)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...briefly bookless life. I had arrived in Katmandu, Nepal, expecting to find my friend...changed for me. I may have been alone in Katmandu and nervous about the revolution, but...faded but clear. I've returned to Katmandu twice since then, and I have always...
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Students, Police Clash in Katmandu
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Writer AP Online 04-07-2006 Dateline: KATMANDU, Nepal Pro-democracy activists burn...demonstration against King Gyanendra in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, April 7, 2006. Police...Hundreds of angry students took to Katmandu's narrow streets, setting fire to...
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A Shangri-La architect The ancient temples of Nepal's Katmandu Valley are beautiful, fragile -- and falling down. That's why Massachusetts native Erich Theophile is helping the Nepalese preserve the richness of their past even as they build for their future.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...one of the ancient kingdoms of the Katmandu Valley, in Nepal. The buildings turn...of Technology -- has labored to save Katmandu's fragile temples, towers, and houses...these exquisite structures rising up from Katmandu's town squares isn't one you might...
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Policeman Shot, Bombs Explode in Katmandu
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Writer AP Online 08-20-2004 Dateline: KATMANDU, Nepal Soldiers investigate the area...the land revenue government office in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug.20, 2004...policeman and detonated two powerful bombs in Katmandu on Friday as the guerilla blockade of...
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Awakening in Katmandu.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
; ...seeing eyes of Buddha stare blankly over Katmandu's Palace Square from a massive, wooden...Sherpas, and Newars who dwell in the Katmandu Valley, were ruled by a monarchy and...nowhere more apparent than in the fertile Katmandu Valley, which is ringed by terraced...
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Over 150,000 protesters defy curfew on Katmandu's outskirts
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Worldstream 04-21-2006 Dateline: KATMANDU, Nepal A massive crowd of protesters...demonstrators and hundreds of security forces on Katmandu's outskirts, state radio announced...converged on an area on the western edge of Katmandu called Kalanki, where police shot three...
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Under the Spell of Katmandu; In Nepal, the American Dreamers and Doers Who Followed the Trail to the Mystical City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...throw off Durbar Marg in the center of Katmandu is a little green door. Nearby, scruffy...Nepalese, diplomats and AID workers, and Katmandu's small band of long-term resident...longings that have enticed travelers to Katmandu ever since Nepal began opening itself...
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