Word: brooklyn
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...Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nozick received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University, where he wrote his thesis on theories of rational decision...
...gone to Princeton Review, my parents would have spent I don't know how much money for me to sit in a classroom and fall asleep," says Taadhameka Kennedy, 14, of Mount Vernon, who is entering 10th grade at Brooklyn Technical High School this year...
Suddenly the project took on a new urgency. The researchers concluded that the surge from a Category 4 storm would put John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 ft. of water. Seawater would pour through the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and into the city's subways throughout lower Manhattan. The flooding would be especially disastrous if people seeking to escape torrential rains and falling debris were to take shelter in subway stations. The report didn't estimate casualties, but observed that storms "that would present low to moderate hazards in other regions of the country could result in heavy...
...long way from Afghanistan to Detroit, Jersey City and Brooklyn. But that's the route a federal grand jury says Osama bin Laden's money took when the exiled Saudi millionaire started funding Islamic extremists in the United States. According to counterterrorism officials, the New York jurors handed down a sealed indictment for Bin Laden as long ago as June -- two months before he became the prime suspect in the African embassy bombings...
...omitted one record that may be further out of reach than any other: consecutive no-hit games by a pitcher. The number of games is two, and it is held by Johnny Vandermeer of the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched his two historic games against the Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. Just imagine the media frenzy that would erupt if Roger Clemens or David Cone were to pitch two no-hitters in a row! KENNETH WIMMEL Bethesda...