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...COLOSSAL, overwhelming, mammoth size of Harvard's library system is a well-documented fact. Tour guides comment on it every day. Eleven million volumes overall. Five miles of bookshelves in Widener alone. In other words...
...mammoth slick that oozed out of the Exxon Valdez tanker into Alaska's Prince William Sound two years ago may have been tough on otters and seagulls, but it was black gold for the legal profession. The 1989 disaster generated more than 300 lawsuits. Last week the largest was settled barely a month before it was due to go to trial, as Exxon reached an agreement with Alaska and the U.S. The cost: a guilty plea to three criminal charges that the company negligently discharged crude oil into navigable waters and killed migratory wildlife, and fines that may eventually total...
...groups--the CRT and the Watershed Association--are taking legal action principally to block Scheme Z, the highly controversial design for a mammoth 11-story, 16-lane highway interchange over the Charles River in East Cambridge...
...real money will go to the giant construction and oil-service firms that will rebuild Kuwait's shattered petroleum industry. Bechtel Group, based in San Francisco, recently signed a $150 million letter of intent to manage the mammoth task, a job that analysts say could bring the company $6 billion in revenue over the next few years. Bechtel, which has operated in Kuwait for more than 40 years, is gearing up to hire 4,300 workers for the project. Other U.S. heavyweights likely to land big contracts include Fluor, based in California, a leader in petroleum projects, and Halliburton...
...They want to do more than tie yellow ribbons," he says. And Boston plans to satisfy that desire by promoting the Boston Harbor Fest for the Fourth of July. Meehan labels it the "Ultimate Birthday Party," comparing it to the mammoth seven-day party in May promised by the city of New York in honor of returning troops...