Word: airings
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...greater danger of extinction. Ashok Gadgil, an environmental engineer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, won for inventing simple, inexpensive water-purification systems and stoves for use in the developing world. Kirk Smith, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, was recognized for his work connecting indoor air pollution - mostly from cooking - to the premature death of women and children in developing countries. But scientists weren't the only winners: Joel Salatin, a pioneering sustainable farmer in Virginia, and Chip Giller, the publisher of the green website Grist.org, both won for changing attitudes in mainstream agriculture and the media...
...Monday, the Obama administration announced plans to provide the more than 600 detainees at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan with increased legal rights. Each detainee is to be assigned an American military official who, while not a lawyer, would be responsible for gathering evidence and witnesses on behalf of the detainee and present his case before a military review board...
...door and a balcony, the athletes who usually occupy the Terrace host parties that easily top the 100-guest mark. The balcony deserves recognition in its own right; overlooking the courtyard on two sides, it has room for several kegs, a table, massive speakers, and revelers yearning for fresh air around 1 a.m. Inside, you’ll find couches, refrigerators, and a big-screen TV, as well as a decked-out corner bar. All of this makes for a suite that can provide the setting for everything from rowdy Beerlympic games to the quieter, classier affairs.Runner-Up: Currier...
...late summer. The stillness kept the flames from spreading quickly--a climatologist called it the "Jabba the Hutt fire," big and slow--but left the smoke to choke Los Angeles. By Sept. 2 firefighters had begun to bring the blaze under control, aided by cooler and more humid air, but they know the year is likely to bring plenty more conflagrations...
...team of elite commandos, arguably the best in the world, who quickly subdue the crew and remove weapons unlisted on the ship’s manifest. This may be familiar as the opening mission of a widely popular modern combat video game, featuring Britain’s elite Special Air Service. Yet this scene may have actually happened recently —with Israeli troops...