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Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br><br>
We invite you to attend a Symposium organized by the Earth System
Initiative, entitled: <br><br>
<font size=4 color="#FF0000"><b>Was... Is...Might be... Perspectives on
the Evolution of the Earth System<br><br>
</b></font>to be held March 7-9, 2004 at Little Kresge Theatre.<br><br>
We have invited a very diverse set of speakers for what we hope will be a
very novel set of<br>
perspectives on the past, present and possible future of the Earth
System.<br><br>
For more information, a detailed agenda, and registration information,
visit
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/announce.htm" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/announce.htm</a>
. <br><br>
Please be sure to register, and encourage your students and post-docs to do so too, as space is limited. Feel free to forward this to any friends or colleagues who may be interested in attending. The symposium is free to all students and everyone in the MIT community.<br><br>
We look forward to seeing you there.<br><br>
Regards,<br><br>
Penny Chisholm and Kip Hodges<br>
Co-Directors<br>
Earth System Initiative<br><br>
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Matthew Gardner, Ph.D.<br>
Program Administrator<br>
Earth System Initiative, 16-177<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Cambridge, MA, 02139<br>
617.253.6895<br>
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