Word: columbia
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...excess of $1 billion a year. The low-cost water comes not from a single subsidy but from an accumulation of subsidies. Over the years, taxpayers have funded the vast infrastructure that provides the water--dams, reservoirs, canals, locks, pumping stations, hydroelectric turbines, such as Washington State's massive Columbia Basin Project. The Federal Government picks up the tab, then bills farmers a sum equal to only a small portion of the actual cost of construction. Then it gives them 40 to 50 years to pay off their share--interest free. Estimates of the total irrigation subsidy since 1902 range...
...Hartwick, which started the season 4-0-1, has been solid at times this year. Early in the season, they beat Columbia 3-1 only six days before the Lions handed Harvard a humbling 2-1 defeat. They also hung tough against then No. 13 Dartmouth before finally succumbing...
...Crimson's last home match against Siena, she netted a career-high 24 kills and 23 digs. Earlier this season in a match against Columbia, Forcum became a member of the prestigious 1,000 career-kill club and ended the regular season second on Harvard's all-time career list with 1,186 kills...
...Boston Public Library is offering "Booked Flicks," a discussion for young adults about books that have crossed over to the big screen. This week's installment will consider Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. 7 p.m. Uphams Corner Branch Library, 200 Columbia Rd., Dorchester. 265-0139. FREE...
...Kenneth Bowersox, who flew on a 1995 Columbia shuttle flight with...