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...until 2004, when he followed Goss back to the CIA as a consultant after Goss became director. Officials said, however, that the two are not personally close. A person who spoke on behalf of Bassett said his consulting work for the CIA has not involved work on the ?Seventh Floor,? the area where the director?s suite is located and top Agency management works...
...Gulf's busy oil-and-gas industry doesn't help matters. Extracting those resources below the Gulf floor is like sticking a straw into the ground and sucking out all the liquid: ultimately you pull up the very material that's holding up the surrounding terrain. One study found that the greatest loss of Gulf wetlands coincided with the greatest extraction of oil and gas in the 1970s and '80s. Houston is thought to be sinking for much the same reason...
...Under this system, the holes in the top-floor rooms are sealed first, and workers move down the building slowly, sending the mice to the ground floor...
Every week, before Cambridge’s city council gets down to business, it opens the floor for public comment. During this period, any Cantabrigian may address the council for three minutes about any item on that day’s agenda. A core group of persistent citizens stretch this rule to the limit every week to advocate for the environment, defend the rights of the disabled, and expose abuses of power...
...imperative. He would have to nip and tuck carefully to avoid rankling the hotel's faithful. "I had to update every facet, while preserving the classical elegance that is the Bel-Air's signature," he says. The dining room underwent one of the biggest - and fastest - makeovers. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace and handblown Italian chandeliers were added, and the dowdy pale-wood seating was updated with buttercream-colored leather banquettes - all in seven days. Meanwhile, the 52 rooms and 39 suites were being meticulously refurbished, with plush silk tones replacing swirly floral patterns that recalled the 1940s. One hallmark...