Word: apartness
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...melting that would occur if the temperature of Antarctica's salty, frigid waters climbed well above freezing. A greater if less obvious danger is that rising sea levels could undermine the ice sheet, triggering its collapse. Experts are concerned that if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet broke apart in this fashion, global sea levels could rise as much as 16 ft. in just a few decades...
...zero cards, two e-mail addresses - and those voices in my head ringing even louder. For this speed dater, what's billed as a new hope for singles is mostly hype - amusing, certainly, but unlikely to match you with anyone who can think straight, let alone flirt. HER SIDE: Apart from bartenders and prison wardens, few women get the chance to speak to seven different men in 21 minutes. So speed dating appeals because it promises variety and abundance. And because some dates should last only three minutes. The women stay seated while the men rotate, making the whole process...
...citywide anti-Thai riots that ripped through Cambodia's capital last week, far more destructive and dangerous acts were committed yet none were as freighted with symbolism. Apart from the embassy, scores of hotels and businesses with Thai connections were vandalized, and more than 700 Thai nationals, including Ambassador Chatchawed Chartsuwan and his staff, were forced to flee for their lives. But for stunned Thais watching the riots on TV back home, these acts paled beside news of their revered monarch's image defiled inside their own embassy in Phnom Penh while police stood watching from the lawn. "If Cambodians...
Seven astronauts, including the first Israeli in space, were lost Saturday when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart in the skies of Texas. The incident occurred at an altitude of some 200,000 feet, shortly after reentry and 15 minutes before Columbia had been scheduled to land at Cape Canaveral. TIME science correspondent Jeffrey Kluger explains some of the possible causes and consequences of the accident...
...mechanism by which better agreeements and understanding could be reached between the University and the community,” said Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, one of the city’s main negotiators. “The sad piece of it was that the the process fell apart...