Word: drought
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...looked that way last week as the atmospheric bomb that was Cyclone Larry--a Category 4 storm with wind bursts that reached 125 m.p.h.--exploded through northeastern Australia. It certainly looked that way last year as curtains of fire and dust turned the skies of Indonesia orange, thanks to drought-fueled blazes sweeping the island nation. It certainly looks that way as sections of ice the size of small states calve from the disintegrating Arctic and Antarctic. And it certainly looks that way as the sodden wreckage of New Orleans continues to molder, while the waters of the Atlantic gather...
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...than a minute to complete. Local topography is hilly rather than mountainous and poses little challenge to ardent ski demons. Many resorts also depend on artificial snow, which, in addition to providing less-than-ideal schussing conditions, requires thousands of tons of water in a region already suffering from drought. With Chinese skiers clamoring for tougher runs and posher digs, Western ski-resort companies are scouting out the market?just as foreign golf-course firms did a few years earlier. This week, Shanghai will host the first-ever Asia Pacific Snow Conference, aimed at educating Chinese on everything from managing...
...than a minute to complete. Local topography is hilly rather than mountainous and poses little challenge to ardent ski demons. Many resorts also depend on artificial snow, which, in addition to providing less-than-ideal schussing conditions, requires thousands of tons of water in a region already suffering from drought. With Chinese skiers clamoring for tougher runs and posher digs, Western ski-resort companies are scouting out the market-just as foreign golf-course firms did a few years earlier. This week, Shanghai will host the first-ever Asia Pacific Snow Conference, aimed at educating Chinese on everything from managing...
...Meanwhile, Harvard floundered, shooting 8-of-26 from the field and committing 11 turnovers. “We had a tough time with turnovers,” Rollins said. “And we had a tough time getting the shots we wanted.” Amidst the scoring drought, senior Shana Franklin and freshman Katie Rollins led the Crimson offensively with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Harvard did manage to make more trips to the free-throw line than its rival—20 compared to eight—but the extra shots did not help erase the deficit...