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When the students enter the lab, they see the cadavers set up on metal tables. The bodies are covered first with layers of plastic and material to keep them moist, and then with a blue denim-like cloth. A metal bucket at the end of the table collects the excess formaldehyde that drains from the body. "Sometimes [the bucket] seems like it's getting a little full," says Elbert Huang...
...numbers do not add up," says a committee report. Noting that Clinton's plan would over four years produce reductions of about $4 billion in the growth of such entitlement programs as Social Security and Medicare, the committee sees this as a very small drop in a very large bucket. By 1996, notes the group, "entitlement spending is projected to exceed $900 billion...
...that very principle a couple of years ago. He attended a demonstration with soil samples, one lifted from a field planted conventionally, the other under residue management. The first sample was a chunk of earth devoid of worms and compacted by the relentless assault of heavy equipment. A bucket of water poured on top of that soil ran off to the sides. The other sample was spongy loam abundant with worms, and the water disappeared on its surface and in a few seconds ran out the bottom...
...NCAA seminfinal match on Saturday, it was freshman Sarah Winters who pulled the bucket up and found a four-goal performance...
...move. At the front end, there are only bacteria. Farther down you can find worms, shrimp, and then fish. "When we wanted to start the plant running, we needed all the little beasties you find in nature, so we went to a few ditches around Providence and collected a bucket of slop, then poured that mess into our tank...