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...original plan was to pump water deep underground under high pressure, in order to crack the granites and create a path for the water to flow. Superheated by contact with the rock, the water would be pumped to the surface from a second well 1 km away, to create steam to drive a power turbine, then be pumped into the earth again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep Heat | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...apprentice Rob Bottin, who designed John Carpenter's threatening Thing, the original RoboCop and the twisted uggies in Total Recall. And a tip of the skull to Tom Savini, "the Godfather of Gore" who's made every known body part, and a few that should have remained unknown, drip, crack or explode in his six fright films with George A. Romero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stan Winston: Monster Magician | 6/16/2008 | See Source »

...crack widened and the dike collapsed, the flood would directly threaten the safety" of the city of Wuzhou on Guangxi's border with Guangdong, Zhang Jinshen, a regional flood control official, was quoted as saying by Xinhua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Floods Kill 57, 1M Flee | 6/15/2008 | See Source »

...foot crack opened in the river's embankment near Changzhou, Xinhua said. Nearly 120,000 people fled to high ground in the town of Longhua when river water began to pour through the gap, it said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Floods Kill 57, 1M Flee | 6/15/2008 | See Source »

...breaking the rules were increased, and some 60 camera traps were placed around the park. At the same time, forest officials won over the Mogiya community--a nomadic hunting tribe that had turned to poaching--with jobs, housing and schooling. In return, the Mogiya agreed to help authorities crack open poaching rings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Ranthambore. | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

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