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When the Three Gorges Dam is finished in 2009 and the reservoir fills his valley, all trace of this singular way of life will be washed away. Looking at the larch-wood coffins that Chen keeps with fatalistic practicality by his family's beds, one suspects that Chen hopes he, his wife and 94-year-old mother will have slipped off by then. Chen, now retired, is one of the trackers who dragged boats upstream through the Gorges in the days before motor transport became standard. Although trackers haven't worked the Yangtze for more than a decade, they...
...stood just 2 ft. from him, swears the man was Mohamed Atta, who investigators say hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 last month and flew it into the World Trade Center's north tower. "He asked a lot of really crazy questions," recalls Whitener. Among them were inquiries about the dam that spans the nearby Hiwassee River, which runs into the Tennessee River between two nuclear plants. He also asked about Boliden Intertrade, a chemical plant that until last year produced sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid but now stands empty. After 15 minutes, Atta and his partner climbed back...
...poisoning the water supply doesn't work, terrorists might try to cut it off or disrupt it. On an even grander scale, they might blow up a dam, causing widespread flooding damage downstream. Compounding the impact would be the loss of hydroelectric-power generation. With security beefed up at major dams across the country, however, especially at landmark behemoths such as the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, it would take a very determined effort to carry out such an attack...
...match with the Crimson on an 11 game winning streak. On entering the tournement, the Panthers had been led by Ruissian import senior Anna Popenko who was averaging 3.59 kills per game. She was followed closely by sophomore Molly Sapp with 3.32 kills and junior Randi Van Dam with 3.03 kills...
Like Dartmouth, Geogia State is coming off of a tournament victory, claiming the Jacksonvilled State Invitational title. Led by junior outside hitter Randi Van Dam, who was named the Atlantic-Sun’s Player of the Week, the Lady Panthers picked up their second tournament championship of the season...