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Plain old dirt and fill proved to be the biggest headache. For 100 years, the area was a dumping ground for ash and cinder containing cancer-causing substances called PAHs, or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (think of the charred stuff left on your barbecue grill). In all, Victory developers moved 750,000 cu. yds. of dirt, with nearly half so hopelessly "dirty" that it was carted away in 15,000 huge truckloads. Because previous landowners like Union Pacific were paying some of the cleanup costs, accountants had to track each spadeful...
That noise you hear is Congress rushing to fill the leadership vacuum. At least six climate plans have been proposed so far. The first is sponsored by former Republican, now Independent Senator Jim Jeffords, chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, who proposes to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants...
...Streets fill and merrymakers partied all night, a feeling of elation filling the country. It is, I imagine, much like what Boston will be like when the Red Sox win their World Series...
...Each vignette has high entertainment value, if not a lot of introspection. One story tells of his "month-long foray into the bewitching milieu of smoking crack cocaine." With a bit of work examining his motivations and feelings he could have built this out to fill the whole book, and made a fascinating read. Instead he keeps it to six admittedly very amusing pages that culminate in a violent battle over who would get to eat some crack residue...
...Proteans, Forum’s extras who fill many a role, were amusing—and Lycus’ girls were arousing—but the supporting players were led by an absolutely brilliant turn by Scott Rowen (’03), as Hysterium...