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...Jeffrey Grossholz has pulled up stakes 36 times during his career, but in 1989 he came to Waxahachie, Texas, to stay. While the 50-year-old structural engineer had helped build plenty of shopping malls and bridges in his time, they seemed like nothing when he first heard of the superconducting supercollider (SSC). Recalls Grossholz: "I said, 'This is it.' It was a helluva project, something we could all have been proud of, something we could have passed on to our kids...
...Grossholz is in shock, as are thousands of other engineers, construction workers, scientists -- and most of Texas. With $2 billion already spent and the project 20% complete, the world's largest and most sophisticated scientific instrument, a particle accelerator designed to probe the innermost secrets of the universe, was canceled last week by a 282-to-143 vote in the House of Representatives. Said Ohio Democrat Eric Fingerhut: "This was a project that we couldn't afford. We need to take every opportunity to reduce our deficit...
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