Word: hardwoods
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...Corps rarely follows up on its mitigation promises. And this pump would degrade at least twice as many wetlands as all of America's developers drain in a typical year, in a waterlogged area with bountiful fisheries, one of the Mississippi basin's last swaths of bottomland hardwood forest, and one of North America's key foraging grounds for migratory birds. "The Corps has a lot of projects that are horrible for the environment," says Melissa Samet, the water resources director for American Rivers and one of the founders of the Corps Reform Network. "But the Yazoo Pump...
...love Harvard history and tradition. But I’d rather not live in an anachronism of a house. My best friend at Yale inhabits a spacious single, in the oldest college, with hardwood floors and window seats. I’ve always lived in oddly shaped, tiny walkthroughs in which I risk getting tetanus anytime I make sudden movements...
...media poll.Poised to step into the void are Cornell, Yale, and Columbia. All three return talented players from successful seasons last year. The Big Red picked up 10 first-place votes in the media poll, followed by the Bulldogs, who had three. But that is on paper, not the hardwood.“We swept Cornell last year,” junior forward Evan Harris says. “I think a lot of people forgot about that. I feel like Columbia and Yale are always tough games, but I don’t see any reason why we can?...
...last season, the Crimson’s lack of depth finally got the best of Harvard’s men, as they dropped six of their last eight Ivy matches to close out the season. But one year later, the Crimson finds itself ready to jump on the hardwood with a surprising new weapon in its artillery: a deep bench.Bolstered by a promising freshman class and a deep sophomore unit with one year of Ivy League play under its belt, the team will look to incorporate its youth in the new up-tempo playing style that Amaker has installed...
Some RVs cost as little as $4,000, but it's the luxury market--where units range from $300,000 to over $1 million--that is booming. Country Coach, one of the nation's largest manufacturers of premier motor homes, offers models that include hardwood floors, leather couches and guest bathrooms. Last year the company reported a 22% increase in sales of RVs priced at more than...