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...Forty years ago, Lake Erie, one of the largest lakes in the world, was also among the most polluted. Industries in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan dumped waste into the water as fast as was necessary to keep their industrial operations working. Lake Erie reached a point where it could hardly support a population of fish. The companies involved were not being malicious as much as they were being brazenly capitalistic. Some of the CEO's who were the heads of the largest polluters may have even been fishermen. They desire to make money trumped their personal feelings. (Read: "Comeback...
...last 25 strokes, Radcliffe kicked it into another gear, mustering enough strength to push into Yale and beat Princeton by 0.7 seconds.“We knew that it was everyone’s race from the starting line and that we were going up against five extremely fast crews and that it was going to take an extraordinary race even to medal,” senior co-captain Anna Kendrick said. “To be less than a second behind a national champion crew was really exciting for us.”Brown, Dartmouth and Northeastern rounded...
...young Russians interested in science and technology. "If five or 10 years ago, everyone wanted to be in business, now they are interested in technology - and our museum is playing a big part in that," says Laveikin. "After the financial crisis ends, they won't be interested in fast money anymore. Now we need to forget about business and oil and focus on rejuvenating our technology sector." (See pictures of the Hubble telescope...
General Motors appears to be on a fast road to bankruptcy. CEO Fritz Henderson has already described a bankruptcy filing as "probable" as the Treasury's June 1 deadline for reorganizing the company draws near. Also, the fact that GM announced it was moving up its date for paying suppliers to May 28 from June 2 further suggests that bankruptcy is likely, says Brad Coulter of O'Keefe & Associates of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., which specializes in helping distressed manufacturing companies. "To me, it's a pretty clear indicator that they plan to file right around the June 1 deadline...
...thing, even Cheyney admits that while the odds of mortality in the case of routine births may be no higher at home than they are in the hospital, they're no lower either. And even the lowest-risk birth can turn high-risk fast - with maternal hemorrhaging and fetal distress just two of the dangers - making immediate access to high-tech care imperative...