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“The Wise Hours” — a review

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In the human psyche, owls can be cuddly signs of good luck and benificence (as they are in Japan, and Harry Potter movies) and, at the same time, eerie and unsettling. Tin House, Portland, Oregon, 297 pp., An Englishwoman, she thought, originally, that she would stay within the British Isles, to see the five or six native species.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Both were led by strong, intelligent women who needed to develop new ways of making their points with the public and the government; both movements were lynchpins in developing today’s values of human rights and environmental conservation. This is where Boase excels. It is reproduced in “Mrs.

Industry 119
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Located on the outskirts of Portland, OR, Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is one of only a handful of urban national wildlife refuges in the country. The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” This is an Urban Refuge

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