Word: glassing
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...Chemical is constructing a $4 billion petrochemical plant in Oman, and CEO Andrew Liveris says the plant would have been built in Freeport, Texas, if not for the price difference. At PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa., CEO Charles Bunch says he may have to close two North Carolina fiber-glass plants. "We've lost a lot of jobs to China because of the labor-cost difference," he says. "Now we're starting to lose jobs in energy-intensive sectors...
...loud enough to wake the dead. The relentless pounding was giving me a headache, and could apparently be heard as far away as Dunster and Mather; one student described it as reminiscent of the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex slams his feet and water in the glass shakes. For anyone who had heard the noise it was unforgettable; for anyone who hadn’t, it was unimaginable.When I agreed to move into Leverett G tower last spring, I knew there would be construction. For months I dealt silently with trucks backing...
...heard of the South Beach diet. Now get ready for the latest pound-shedding plans from Sonoma County and Park Avenue. Based on each locale's particular tastes, these new regimens aim to make dieting more palatable by mixing snob appeal with an occasional glass of Pinot. Here's a look at the "destination diets" and a few other weight-loss books worth sampling...
...balancing of these perspectives has been his gift ever since his second novel, tellingly called The Shadow Lines. His epic novel of 2000, The Glass Palace, excavated the imperial history of 19th century Burma in part to highlight the torn affections of an Indian in 1943, not sure whether to side with India, or against Britain, in the war. The theme of his most recent novel, The Hungry Tide, is, to some degree, its very setting: the swampy area of the Sunderbans, in west Bengal, now sea, now land, its shifting contours reflecting back to the uncertain allegiances...
...rotated poorly on the low block. But for the final 15 minutes, Harvard (4-10, 0-1 Ivy) switched to an aggressive man-to-man defense that forced Dartmouth (8-3, 1-0 Ivy) away from the three-point line and kept the Big Green off of the offensive glass...