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...those cages. What struck me most forcefully was how the horrific has become normal. Last week, a pig factory farm in Shuyer County, Illinois, burnt down. The owners had economized by neither installing a sprinkler system nor a night watchman who could release the pigs. In the ensuing blaze, 11,000 pigs were burnt alive, many struggling frantically to escape their cages—firefighters recalled the horrific squeals they heard. Yet nothing changed. The owners promptly claimed insurance and will soon rebuild their factory farm...
...defenseman delivered a pinpoint pass for Wilson to hammer home the equalizer first time.With ten seconds left in the final period, mayhem ensued as Harvard bombarded the Engineers’ goal. After a faceoff in RPI territory, Brine found herself in space with an open net, but contrived to blaze the puck inches over goal. Barely a second remaining, Vaillancourt unleashed a snap shot a yard from goal; the net beckoning, the forward’s effort was repealed by an incredible diving save from van der Bliek, the puck flying wide.“If you?...
...that was the carrot for lawmakers, his command that they fix the problem was the stick. At one point, he joked about Whitehouse's allusion during the breakout session to Thelma and Louise, a movie that ends with the protagonists dying in a blaze of glory. "If you actually saw the movie, they did drive over the cliff," he said, to laughter. "So just want to be clear, that's not our intention here...
...There has been a real purpose to how he has played. Sometimes you see that with seniors, they’re on a mission to finish strong and finish right. He’s leaving his mark on this program and wants to go out in a blaze of glory.”—Staff writer Ted Kirby can be reached at tjkirby@fas.harvard.edu...
Late in the evening of February 9, a landmark building in the Beijing skyline, the Television Cultural Center, was consumed by fire just a few weeks ahead of its grand opening. Ironically, fireworks celebrating the end of the Chinese New Year were responsible for starting the blaze. In a sad spectacle rich with historical metaphors, it was as if the old Chinese spirit rebelled against the tyranny of the glass and metal skyscraper behemoths now being erected across China...