Word: drain
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...been torn away. That was the good news. Half a mile away on that afternoon of Aug. 29, as Hurricane Katrina sent up 30-ft. storm surges, Jones, 53, knew a flood was raging in from the Bay of Biloxi because the water was rising rapidly in the storm drain on his street. But what worried the high school history teacher more was the debris clogging a larger storm drain nearby, part of a network designed to draw off flooding from Biloxi's coastal areas. If the drains didn't function, Jones knew, then inland neighborhoods like his would...
...Washington-area military hospitals. He has spent a lifetime devoted to what he perceives to be the best interests of the U.S. military. But unlike McCain, Murtha does not seem to believe that the war against Islamist terrorism is the highest national priority. He said Iraq threatened to drain resources from "procurement programs that ensure our military dominance." On the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, he wondered if China were the real threat "down the road" and expressed dismay that "we only bought four or five ships this year...
...sure the nerds on the web have already translated it into multiple languages and counted the syllables looking for number patterns. With the shot of Ana Lucia’s gun Shannon officially bites the dust, er sand. Dammit, that’s $25 down the drain...
...with it, relate it to our own academic work, or even (gasp!) our personal experience. Through dialogue we have the opportunity to reconstruct our own understandings and piece them together with classmates into a fuller perception of reality.But instead of resuscitating veritas, too many of our sections seem to drain even more life from it. I do not mean to attack the sizeable portion of section leaders who already do a wonderful job (nor the all-star professors and lecturers who lead many sophomore and junior tutorials with finesse). But how many of us have routinely had sections where...
...different reason: to save Chinese orphan Fu Jinjin’s life. Fu is a two-month-old living in Henan, China who suffers from myelomeningocele, a disease in which spinal fluids leak from the spinal cord. She needs an operation which would close the leak and drain any excess fluid in her cerebellum. An American surgeon pledged his professional help to the case if HCC could raise $6,000 this Halloween to cover the hospital fees, according to HCC’s website. As of 8 p.m. yesterday, HCC Co-President Aidan S. Madigan-Curtis...