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...worst problem, however, remains aesthetics. Omya officials claim that the quarry's surface would be no larger than 33 of the 400 acres on the Danby site, where core samples have assured them there is good marble to be found. Locals are worried about mine creep, however, with the pit growing wider as markets for marble grow bigger. Reddy (who has some environmental expertise, having served on a desert-land-use panel to which he was appointed by former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt) believes there are ways to make the mine in Danby less of an eyesore. Building grassy berms...
...plays went to Morris. Big Green cornerback Richard Efem was responsible for Morris, and free safety Clayton Smith helped on almost every down. When Smith played for the deep ball, Morris would slant and catch the 8-12 yard pass in front of Efem. The next time Smith would creep up and fake the blitz, but Rose and Morris realized that Smith couldn’t catch up once he had moved in. The result was one-on-one coverage, and very few cornerbacks stand a chance in that situation, so Rose threw a fade...
...evidence that killing a killer makes murder less likely." The stronger argument for the death penalty, in the commission's view, was that it provided solace to some of the victim's relatives. "Until the commission," says Turow, "I didn't really understand what it means for some twisted creep to change your life forever." But the mounting evidence of unfair application of the ultimate penalty to minorities, along with sloppy defense counsels, prejudiced juries and forensic errors, finally persuaded Turow and most of his colleagues that the present system was not fixable...
Given its mission creep, the kitchen had to grow--so it ate the living room, walls and all. The 3-ft. by 10-ft. galley is now a massive 20 ft. by 20 ft., with a breakfast bar or dining nook. "If you have a party, everybody ends up hanging out in the kitchen. That's where you spend so much of your time, whether you're cooking, eating or sitting around and yakking," says Martha Stewart (no, not that one) of Ames, Iowa, who is finishing a major overhaul. "I want it to be a comfortable place where other...
Harvard let St. Francis creep back into the game in the second half, before ultimately holding...