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This infection could be traced back halfway around the globe to the Arctic, where a new competition for sovereignty heated up this summer even as the ice cap shrank, at an ever-accelerating pace, to an alarming new minimum. There it was Russia and its jingoistic jaunt in August to the Arctic Ocean floor at the North Pole that inspired Canada, the United States, Denmark and Norway to freshen up their own claims to the Arctic. Considerable - but still largely uncharted - oil and gas deposits are the attraction, and they become ever more enticing as prices for petroleum soar...
...Thomas E. Everhart ’53, the former president of California Institute of Technology, wore a cap purchased half a century ago from a Cambridge hat-maker...
...shame that our world leaders, when faced with an imminent crisis, can think only of their wallets. The rapid melting of the Arctic ice cap is the most obvious consequence of a global climate change that has the potential to cause increases in species loss, infectious diseases and extreme weather events. Instead of focusing on how to solve this impending tragedy, politicians are fighting to exploit it. Elina El-Badry, Gaithersburg...
...Brattle crowd then followed Braff back to the steps of the Lampoon, where Poonsters presented him with a baseball cap, a bowling trophy labeled “Al’s Birthday, 1994,” a mock degree in medicine, and an oversized model of an ice cream cone. Braff was then given the honorary title of “Ice Cream...
...HUPD responded to a report of hazardous conditions at the School of Public Health. The reporting party stated that a cylinder filled with oxygen had a broken cap, was highly flammable, and was in close proximity to a possible flame. The Boston Fire Department, the Boston Police Department, the Boston Police Hazardous Materials Response, and the Massachusetts D.E.P. all responded to the scene. The room was sprayed with water and the second floor of the building was closed overnight...