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...site. Dozens of cranes work late into the evening piling the dirt atop bulwarks nearly 65 ft. (20 m) tall in places. As the mud rises, so must the levees, but so far Lusi seems to be outpacing human engineering. Twice the earthworks have been breached - most recently on Jan. 4 - flooding more houses. On Nov. 22, 2006, the weight of the soil ruptured a natural-gas pipeline, causing a massive fireball that incinerated 13 workers. According to an International Monetary Fund estimate, Lusi has already cost Indonesia $3.7 billion in damage and damage control. And things are likely...
...Oscars Blooper Reel Richard Corliss is justified in griping about incorrectly awarded Academy Awards [Feb. 25]. There should be retrospective awards to correct past errors of judgment. Jan Schaafsma Betty's Bay, South Africa...
...were all smiles after the conference opening thrashing of Dartmouth, but those smiles quickly faded after weeks of despair, when the Crimson went without a win from Jan. 8 until this past Friday night...
...such a dramatic finish, it’s great.”The dramatic finish that McGeary alludes to is the epic 15-0 run Harvard went on in the dying minutes of regulation and through an overtime period to give the Crimson its first win since Jan. 8th. THE COMEBACKIt was turning out to be just another typical performance in a long line of disappointing finishes. Princeton’s Noah Savage had just buried two free throws to put the Tigers up eight with two and a half minutes remaining. Little did anyone in Lavietes know that...
Many are about to find out. On Jan. 1, Philips unleashed its latest simplification: a leaner company structure that cuts its divisions from five to three. The sleek new shape, Philips hopes, will help boost its profit margin, before tax, interest and other charges, from last year's 7.7% to beyond 10% by 2010. That would add some $900 million to those earnings based on last year's sales of $39 billion. Preoccupied with its overhaul in recent years, "we haven't been growing to our potential," admits Gerard Kleisterlee, 61, Philips' CEO since 2001. Reversing that, he says, means...