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...biggest snowstorm to hit the Northeast in seven years left Harvard students navigating narrow paths between mounds of snow along the streets and sidewalks of the Square yesterday, splashing through the thin layer of slush that remained on the ground...
...against attack. That it failed to do so in advance of 9/11 is no reason to break up the agency, as some have proposed, or to dilute the power of the director of Central Intelligence by placing him under a White House intelligence "czar," which would merely create another layer of bureaucracy...
Frigid weather left a thick layer of ice over the river, and Harvard students and others have been sighted making the perilous crossing by ice skate, foot and bicycle...
...gradually forced into narrow strips that outline broad swaths of pure soil. At the same time, irregularities in the thickness of the rock lines are smoothed out by this continuous squeeze. Whether the final result looks like a circle or a polygon depends on how thick the initial stone layer is and how much the local soil expands when it freezes. Stripes turn up when the process happens on a hillside. No aliens necessary--and knowing how these remarkable shapes were formed doesn't take anything away from their striking beauty. --By Michael D. Lemonick
...searched sporting-goods stores, catalogs and the Internet for a synthetic shirt that would shed sweat as fast as the Lycra compression shorts he wore under his football pants. High-end specialists who sold gear for mountaineering and skiing offered pricey garments made with an inner layer of fabric that wicked perspiration away from the skin to an outer layer where it would evaporate. These clothes helped prevent hypothermia in extreme cold. But nobody made what Plank wanted: an affordable, featherweight, moisture-wicking T shirt--one that would fit skintight so it would lie flat under straps and pads...