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California cliff and canyon dwellers might as well get ready for more devastation. Up and down the coastline, hundreds of hillsides are starting to slump and slide. And the reason, say experts, is simple. Weeks of relentless rain have saturated not just the top few inches of soil but also underlying layers of bedrock, causing structural weakening deep down. By itself, waterlogged ground is a nuisance. Combined with California's mountainous terrain, says Doug Morton of the U.S. Geological Survey in Riverside, Calif., it can very quickly add up to disaster. Imagine living on the edge of a steep, quivering...
...least, the IOP seemed to affirm that the Jerry Springer Show carries more weight than the news. In this country, a fissure is growing between the intelligentsia and the ruling gentlemen's club, and most people more often than not feel neglected by those on either side of the canyon. Various institutions are capable of bridging the gap in socially beneficial ways--universities, for example. As a prominent university political organization, the IOP ought to give more thought to its role on campus. Chump or champ: will the IOP degenerate into club for self-affected future senators and celebrity journalists...
Clemente's exploitation of his speed reflects his determination to succeed. This strong work ethic has helped fill the void left by last year's strong senior class--a void which once loomed as wide as the Grand Canyon, but now, thanks to the efforts of a redoubtable rookie, now seems thinner than the Nuggets' playoff hopes...
...many official duties need doing in places we all want to be in. And, ooh, the facts that need finding. An electric-power association believed the best way to inform members of Congress about utility rates was to send a dozen of them, with staff, floating through the Grand Canyon, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Senator Bob Bennett and his staff logged $39,684 in paid travel including a trip for him and his wife to study international trade at Elbow Beach, Bermuda...
Once considered hopelessly unhip, J.C. Penney and Sears made their affordable house jeans cool. Penney's introduced Arizona six years ago; it's now a $1 billion business. Sears launched Canyon River Blues two years ago and just last year sales topped $200 million. By washing away the stores' image from that of the jeans, the once stodgy retailers have attracted the most discriminating jeans buyers: teens. In a recent poll of favored brands of jeans, conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, Arizona ranked second. "The very retailers we sell to have cracked the code on how to create and sell...