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...idea, says that the balls reduced the mud's flow temporarily. But the project was abandoned last March when a new government team took over management of the site. More recently, a Japanese team proposed building a 130-ft.-high (40 m high) dam to contain the mud. Scientists familiar with Lusi have dismissed that idea. Because the ground beneath the caldera is still sinking, a heavy concrete dam would likely rupture...
...Bright Hockey Center. The opening faceoff of the first game is set for tonight at 7 p.m. Game 2 takes place tomorrow at 4 p.m., with the rubber match on Sunday at the same time if necessary.The Big Red (12-15-1, 9-12-1 ECAC) is a familiar sight for the Crimson at this point. The two teams faced off in the final game of the regular season last Saturday. Harvard came away with a 4-2 victory, scoring all of its goals in the first two periods before Cornell cut the lead in half in the third...
...woman who looked like they could be undergraduates, that is exactly what happened. The pair told Nagy that they were conducting a survey for a class, and although she was in a rush, she consented to help them out. The dogmatic duo asked her if she was familiar with the concept of God as a female figure. When she responded negatively, they pulled out a Bible and began citing passages in defense of their position. “It became clear fairly quickly that they were not performing any type of study, but were just trying to convince...
...every other one is as good as this one, I’ll definitely participate.” Despite the alone-in-a-crowd nature of the event, some tasks involved working with others. At one point in the throwdown, dancers were instructed to look for a familiar face—Moses, who then lead them in a conga line. With limited interpersonal interaction and intellectual references to art and religion, the party was a success for those who made the T ride. For those who didn’t (after all, getting to Faneuil Hall requires not only going...
...spoke to the United Nation's news agency IRIN this week, his party, which is aligned with Musharraf, lost the parliamentary poll "because people were angry over the fact atta [flour] was not available, that food prices were high, and due to this they felt insecure." It's a familiar lament in Pakistan these days. "We are worried about terrorism and those other things, but first we are worried about basic needs," says Islamabad nurse Nithat, 24, as she shops in the capital's busy Aab Para market. "People want a person who can fix this problem...