Word: bristol
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...warehouse in Bristol, England, they have toiled away, as their ancestors have done for a hundred years. Painstakingly, perfectly, they build little movie sets and fashion in Plasticine the creatures to live there. They take a photograph of the scene, then move certain figures a micrometer, then take another picture. They do this about a 100,000 times to produce, in four or five years, a feature film like Chicken Run or Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit...
...trip to nationals was on the line this week for a few sailors of the No. 3 Harvard sailing team, as the Crimson sailed in three team regattas and sent three of its men to Bristol, R.I., to attempt to qualify for nationals in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) Singlehanded Championship. It was just another day on the water for co-captain Clay Johnson and junior Kyle Kovacs, as the pair took first and second, respectively, at the NEISA Championship to secure their places at nationals later in the year. The top four spots received automatic berths...
...Congo for so many years. The Rwandan genocide is etched in our memories, and Bosnia and Kosovo received much international attention, yet the most deadly of all recent conflicts seems to go largely unnoticed by both the left and the right. Thank you for awakening us. Nicholas Kerton-Johnson Bristol, England...
...Congo for so many years. The Rwandan genocide is etched in our memories, and Bosnia and Kosovo received much international attention, yet the most deadly of all recent conflicts seems to go largely unnoticed by both the left and the right. Thank you for awakening us. Nicholas Kerton-Johnson Bristol, England Consumers vs. Climate Change I was pleased to see Jim Ledbetter's essay [June 5] pointing out that individuals need help to slow global warming. I could put solar panels on my house, buy a hybrid car, collect and use rainwater and do a host of other things...
Safety and competition are the top issues being addressed by NASCAR as it finishes its Car of Tomorrow, due to make its first of 16 races next March at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The car is a bit wider, a bit taller, a bit less long and actually a bit slower than the current models. Most important, the Car of Tomorrow is designed to be a whole lot safer than the car of today. The project was given tragic impetus during a nine-month period in 2000-2001 when a number of drivers were killed, including Petty's son Adam...