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...wonder—and given the absence of information, all one can do is wonder—what exactly possessed the alleged perpetrators to descend to such depths (assuming, of course, that it wasn’t the ice after all). Let’s hope, as Howard told the Crimson, that the folks responsible do indeed “get in trouble...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saved By the Bell: Rowed to Ruin | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...band will play an extended stint on this summer’s Van’s Warped Tour. This will be the band’s second appearance on the ska and punk festival, which will descend on Boston’s Suffolk Downs on July...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dropkicks Sell Out Boston Shows | 3/14/2003 | See Source »

...change our earth far more dramatically than anyone dreamed possible. By the end of the century, we will have doubled the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere, ravaged many of the oceans fisheries and destroyed a good portion of arable farmland. Rising water levels may cause the Bangladesh to descend into the Indian Ocean. Expensive dikes will have to be put up around Florida to prevent a similar occurrence. Nations will fight bloody, genocidal wars fo rights to waters equal or smaller in size than those of Lake Michigan. On the upside, you will be able...

Author: By Andrew J. Frank, | Title: Preemption for the Planet | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...another, albeit less important, reason to provide them with this privilege. First-years will no longer have to endure long waits outside House entrances trying to visit friends, go to meetings or attend parties. Wider keycard access will also remove the burden for upperclass students who have to descend to their Houses’ outer doors to let in their friends. Making Houses accessible to first-years will make all lives easier and remove the unnecessary barrier between first-years and their upperclass peers...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Let Them Swipe | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

...well infernos during the Gulf War. It could take those operators a month to start work, especially if they are forced to drill for water to put out fires in arid regions of Iraq. The Pentagon hopes that won't be necessary. U.S. troops, including special forces, plan to descend on Iraq's oil fields in the conflict's early hours. "We would like to be able to very rapidly gain control over as much of that oil as we can to preserve it," says a senior Pentagon official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: War and the Economy: All About The Oil | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

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