Word: beneath
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...Beneath the Administration's confidence that a war with Iraq can be won quickly with limited U.S. casualties lurks an anxiety about the catastrophic events an invasion might trigger. "We can overthrow Saddam Hussein, no doubt about it," says a Central Command planner. "The question is, Can we do it and keep his weapons of mass destruction bottled up at the same time?" The answer to that, warns Saddam's eldest son, is no. "If they come," said Uday Hussein last week, "Sept. 11, which they are crying over and see as a big thing, will be a real picnic...
Carrying a pickax and shovel, Boston University geologist David Marchant trudges up a snow-dusted side canyon to Beacon Valley. The ground beneath his feet is as intricately patterned as a quilt, and under its rubble-strewn surface lurks a glacier of venerable age. Marchant believes this glacier has been frozen in place for millions of years--and if he's right, the ice in the glacier holds invaluable clues to an earlier epoch of global warming, one that offers a provocative parallel to the warming expected later in this century...
...Marchant has found ice that promises to be more ancient still, as it lies beneath layers of ash that range between 1 million and 8 million years old. Just like the Vostok ice, Marchant's ice contains air bubbles, meaning that it could produce a record of carbon dioxide swings that occurred over this distant and dimly understood interval of time. First, of course, Marchant will have to convince skeptical colleagues that his ice really is that old, that it has not been reworked by geological processes--and this is likely to take some doing. But if that effort proves...
After nearly a full year of negotiations, Harvard has given up its fight to dig a tunnel beneath a city street, telling neighbors in a letter that the city’s demands put a ten-million dollar price tag on a “project assessed at less than $280,000” and were not “within reason...
...underwater, you can bet the boss is finding other ways to get paid. So should you--when your turn comes through a job switch or promotion. The very latest in executive comp includes an old standby: more cash. But companies are giving in ways that fly beneath the radar as well, including enhanced retirement deals, generous prearranged severance (just in case!) and cash back for relocating...