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Liz Watson shares love for trees at CSH Lab
The slender brown-haired woman in sneakers, beige pants and a sleeveless shirt - fit and toned from her almost-daily walks about the green world she lives in - stands in the driveway in front of her house and looks at two stately trees reaching into the...Tags: Health Organizations, Book, Botany, Biology, Tourism and Leisure
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Children's books for this October
Special to the SentinelWith a national election just weeks away, one new release that is certain to appeal to every caucus group is this lively biography of a perky Scottish terrier who became internationally known as the first pet and close companion of Franklin Delano...Tags: Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Mark Twain, Eleventh Hour, Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Sharing love for trees at Cold Spring Harbor Lab
The slender brown-haired woman in sneakers, beige pants and a sleeveless shirt -- fit and toned from her almost-daily walks about the green world she lives in -- stands in the driveway in front of her house and looks at two stately trees reaching into the...Tags: Health Organizations, Book, Botany, Biology, Gardens and Parks
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For Young Readers
Adele & Simon in America By Barbara McClintock Frances Foster, $16.95 Ages 7-10 years Older sister Adele leads Simon through vistas shown in amazing, miniscule detail, while Simon loses, one by one, his belongings. The readers can choose to enjoy...Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Bookends: Children's Books
Special to NewsdayTHE SCRAMBLED STATES OF AMERICA TALENT SHOW, by Laurie Keller. Henry Holt, $16.95. Ages 6 and up. Ten years ago, the talented Laurie Keller sent the 50 states on a little vacation in the enduringly popular picture book "The Scrambled States of America."...Tags: Missouri, Henry Holt, Wisconsin, Georgia, Idaho
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Books that give kids a taste of other cultures
Special to The Los Angeles TimesOh, you can groan when the preschooler in your life crawls into your lap and demands, "Read this one to me." But you know you love it. You know you love to watch them learn -- you can almost see the little mental gears turning (or, to use a more modern...Tags: Book, Computer Hardware, Easter, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Books and Magazines
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A world of words to tour
Special to the SentinelThis month's selections include a mix of titles, several of them whimsical adventures, two of them works of nonfiction, two others fresh interpretations of classic tales. There is something, as always, for everyone. Adele & Simon, text and...Tags: Crimes, Anna Sewell, Dance, Books and Magazines, Theft
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Laurel Hollow
Beginnings: The craggy terrain on the west side of Cold Spring Harbor in Nassau County wasn't too attractive to farmers after English settlers bought it in l653 from the Matinecock Indians. Saw mills and gristmills were an early industry, but the pace...Tags: Health Organizations, Cold Spring Harbor, Anglican, Oyster Bay, Tiffany & Company
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The Nobel Club
Washington BureauWORK CONDUCTED at Long Island's Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton has led to four Nobel prizes in physics over the years, providing new insights into the structure and behavior of matter. In the realm of biology, research carried out at Cold...Tags: Cold Spring Harbor, Brookhaven, Death and Dying, Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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DNA Central
Staff WriterTHE TINY, TWISTED molecule called DNA wasn't even dreamed of a century ago when the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences began setting up a small biological laboratory in Laurel Hollow. At the time, much of the field now known as molecular biology had...Tags: Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, Brookhaven, History, Medical Specialization
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Cold Spring Harbor
Staff WriterCold Spring Harbor developed as a company town. And the company was run by the Jones family. The descendants of Maj. Thomas Jones, a prominent Massapequa landowner for whom Jones Beach was named, not only established Long Island's largest whaling...Tags: Cold Spring Harbor, Wetlands, Hicksville, Natural Science, Thomas Jones
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