Word: glassing
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...hundreds of miles. Ash has also erupted with great force into the stratosphere. That's where jets are flying, and encounters between aircraft and ash clouds can be damaging and life-threatening. This ash is not like ash from a fireplace: it's little, pulverized pieces of volcanic glass that can melt in jet engines. The combination has stopped airplane engines midflight. Fortunately we're good at dealing with this hazard now. If you fly from Chicago to Tokyo, there are people watching out for you behind the scenes; you'll never know you diverted around a potential ash cloud...
...broccoli mound-makers: This column is for you. If you’ve used the excuse, “I already had a huge lunch,” to get out of a meal; if you’ve made arbitrary food rules (no meat from now on, a glass of water before for every meal); if you eat uncontrollably during reading period, then this column is for you, too. Still don’t see yourself yet? Hold on. If you’ve heard the euphemism, “He’s weird about food?...
...Philippe Marquis, who leads the French archaeological team, points to a 26-ft.-deep (8 m deep) pit carved from the hill that exposes a cross section riddled with holes - like an ant farm pressed between panes of glass. He shows how looters dug wells, then tunneled horizontally when a promising layer was reached. (Looters, like archaeologists, know to look for signs such as ash or brick flooring for evidence of human habitation.) One such gallery has collapsed, so that it now seems just a jagged scar interrupting the smooth transition of history's layers. "It's like...
...gullibility when it comes to detoxing. Many years ago I asked my physician whether illnesses are due at least 90% to what we eat; he nodded approvingly. These last 30 years I have eaten very sparingly, adhering to a strict Mediterranean regimen: plenty of fruit and vegetables and one glass of red wine, no red meat but lots of beans as a substitute. With a BMI of 20, I feel very healthy. Will people ever learn that gluttony and junk food are bad? Ettore Ulivelli, MILAN, ITALY...
...three-point shooting in the game against Penn.ON THE BOARDSDespite the 22-point deficit on Friday, the Crimson was able to take control of the boards. The Crimson snagged over 42 rebounds compared to Princeton’s 27. Harvard was especially dominant on the offensive glass, posting 16 offensive rebounds to Princeton’s five. Despite stellar rebounding, the Crimson was unable to capitalize in the first half. When play shifted to Markley in the second half she made her presence felt on the boards, tallying 8 rebounds.“We struggled to get into a groove...