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...Crimson (18-6-2, 15-1-1 ECAC) vanquished the Golden Knights (11-14-6, 5-11-1) in Potsdam, N.Y. on Friday, employing a balanced scoring attack and airtight defense to ride to an easy 5-0 victory...
...matter how carefully coffee beans are stored, once they are roasted, the aromatic oils and flavors begin dimming within a few days; about 40% of the flavor is lost within two weeks. In an airtight container, green coffee beans stay fresh for more than a year. They also cost about half the price of commercially roasted beans, allowing consumers to stockpile a collection of higher-quality beans. Suzanne Lattanzio, a Hampshire, Ill., real estate agent, has been home-roasting for two years and says she "hates" buying roasted beans. "I like the romance of the different names and being able...
...Marie Burguburu and the state prosecutor of France's highest court, Jean-François Burgelin - calls for "all texts of legal or normative nature engaging the members of the Union" to be written in French. "This is built on a Napoleonic-era pretension that French is somehow more airtight than other languages," sighs Jacques Bille, a professor of business communication at the Sorbonne. "A lot of people in France just can't accept that English is the working language of Europe...
...Vote for democracy,” and “Vote because you can.” But it’s hard to say whether the basis of these appeals is more logical than emotional, and certainly in the end Odyssey doesn’t make an airtight case for one individual to vote...
Itseemshardtobelieve,butitwasn't that long ago that the idea of birds evolving directly from dinosaurs seemed just a little flaky. Sure, they shared generally similar body plans--paleontologists have known that for more than a century--but that hardly constituted an airtight case. Over the past couple of decades, however, scientists have uncovered all sorts of detailed characteristics common to birds and dinosaurs: wishbones, swiveling wristbones and, most recently, proof that some dinosaurs sported feathers. There's behavioral evidence too. Some dinosaurs made nests and sat on them, and one four-winged, feathered...