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CHIMP RESEARCHER PUSHES CHILD EDUCATION PROGRAM JANE GOODALL SPEAKS AT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL, WILL APPEAR TODAY AT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.(Local)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 20010214
Author:Ensslin, John C.

Byline: John C. Ensslin News Staff Writer

As a schoolgirl in England, conservationist Jane Goodall stoked her imagination with the Dr. Doolittle stories and the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

But there was something that left her unsatisfied with the Tarzan stories. It was ``that wimpy Jane.''

``I thought I would've been a much, much better mate for Tarzan,'' Goodall told a group of 300 freshmen students Tuesday at Manual High School.

If anyone doubted that claim, Goodall made them think twice when she greeted the students with her imitation of a ...

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