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Bryant said Amtrak expected the "heaviest crush" on the runs between New York, Philadelphia and Washington. He said that travelers still hoping to reserve seats should do so immediately...
Brown found that the once forested areas in the foothills where the Indus, the Ganges and the other major river systems originate had been "heavily cleared." That brought disaster in August and September, when the subcontinent was hit by the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. "Upstream," Brown explains, "the forests that used to slow down and absorb water runoff were no longer there. The rate of runoff into rivers was therefore much faster." Thus rainfall that caused moderate flooding 20 years ago, this year inundated millions of acres of croplands in six Indian states and southern Pakistan...
Beame carried all five boroughs by a plurality and received his heaviest support in Manhattan...
During the early hours, the heaviest fighting was at the canal, where the Egyptian forces established east-bank bridgeheads in the area leading to the Gidi Pass and in the vicinity of Port Fuad and Ismailiya; the Ismailiya crossing near the center of the canal was dug in and causing the Israelis the greatest concern. The Egyptians also tried to land at Ras Sudr, but lost ten of their troop-carrying helicopters to the Israelis in the attempt; the copters each carried 30 to 40 men. Copters also landed commando units in the northern Sinai in an attempt...
...summer session traditionally draws many students to its language courses, and this year is no exception. The selections, however, run to the exotic. Chinese has the heaviest enrollment, with Ancient Greek running a very close second. Arabic and the more conservative French are also close...