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Building the Panama Canal involved more than the moving of great steam-powered digging machines. The most difficult task was quickly establishing what amounted to a brand new nation. Cities had to be built, diseases had to be eradicated, and thousands upon thousands of workers had to be shipped in, and housed, and fed, and entertained, and jailed, and cared for, and buried when that caring for failed. Greene sees the Canal Zone as a melting pot whose constituent pieces never quite came together; her book explores the racial and economic conflicts that arose as a result...
...size, production and attention by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Both McGwire, with 70 home runs, and Sosa, with 66, blew away the record 61 home runs of Roger Maris that had stood as the standard for 37 years. America was captivated by the two huge men and the great home-run race. Senator Edward Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, praised McGwire and Sosa as the "home-run kings for working families in America." McGwire, with forearms the size of a grown man's neck, 17 inches around, was a gate attraction unto himself, a modern wonder of the world. Ballparks...
...virus has thus evolved a shape like a bobble-head doll, and it covers the head portion with proteins it can easily change or do without. The vaccine targets these ever changing spots, and by the time the next season comes around, the change has been so great that the vaccine is useless. (Read "How Long Does Flu Immunity Last...
...some good kick on the skis,” McCahill said. “It was great for [Torin] to be able to get experience in a top tier event...
...even with the great conditions, the Crimson was unable to improve on its string of 10-place finishes...