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...send smoke exploding 16 km or more into the upper atmosphere, enabling it to travel long distances around the globe; but the worst oil-field inferno would probably lack the upward thrust to send smoke even one-tenth as high into the air before it started to cool and descend...
...Harvard prepares for thousands of students to descend on Cambridge for the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend, police and city officials say they are ready to deal with security problems...
...needles settles, the ancient forest of the Pacific Northwest has retreated one more step. Tree by tree, acre by acre, it falls, and with it vanishes the habitat of innumerable creatures. None among these creatures is more vulnerable than the northern spotted owl, a bird so docile it will descend from the safety of its lofty bough to take a mouse from the hand...
...what does it all mean? Taken at face value, the victory was just one of the two possible outcomes when a pair of grown men descend to bestial combat and carniverous promotional dealings. But there's a higher significance to the sport, or at least to this particular match...
...thousands of college and prep school students descend on Cambridge looking for parties this weekend, more than 36,000 rowers from all over the world will arrive to participate in the 25th annual Head of the Charles Regatta...