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...young people move on in search of the metropolitan lifestyle Duluth fights to insulate itself from. Buried in the snows of long winters, residents hole up in the bitter cold with wool and addiction, the pace of life slowing to a crawl. Last Saturday the band’s frigid notes resonated just as well with the thawing tundra setting of the Somerville Theater...
With money pouring in to Tsunami relief efforts faster than many agencies can spend it, some have urged would-be givers to remember the plight of needy elsewhere. For the homeless in frigid U.S. cities and abroad, the long winter has just begun--and some organizations have come up with creative ways to help. By Jeninne Lee--St. John...
...period. Those two glorious weeks in January offer academic salvation for those of us who were too busy (or too lazy) to read (or even to purchase) books during the previous four months. However, in spite of having two entire weeks with no class, and in spite of the frigid weather which discourages us from venturing far from our heaters, we inevitably find ways to waste our time—whether solo or en masse. Such strategies include...
...that view of the stratosphere is changing. Among other things, scientists studying the AO have connected sudden warmings of the stratosphere to outbreaks of wintry weather in Europe and the U.S. Somehow, scientists think, these spikes in stratospheric temperatures weaken the winds that swirl around the Arctic, thereby allowing frigid air to spill out of polar regions and envelop cities like Boston and New York, Berlin and Paris in teeth-chattering cold. Conversely, when stratospheric temperatures cool, strong winds at the surface discourage cold air from dipping so far south. Already, the AO's clear connection to the stratosphere...
...would be to pursue the possibility of putting Harvard’s video library online as well. The ability to access streaming video at any hour of the day would be much appreciated by the entire student body—particularly throughout Cambridge’s long months of frigid weather...