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...Southern California, fall is the time of maximum danger. That's when hot, dry winds--the infamous Santa Anas--barrel out of the desert, driving small blazes (set in this case by a lost hunter and suspected arsonists) to savage frenzy. Making matters worse this time was the one-two punch of a multiyear drought (which weakened millions of trees) and a massive bark-beetle infestation (which killed off many of them). The Federal Government had just denied the state's request for more funding to remove dead trees when the fires hit. In a matter of days...
...report suggests eleven new ways to change the application process, which include reducing the maximum weight of grades to 30 percent for the 14 students selected based on grades and the writing sample. Other scenarios include selecting the top male and top female from each section and completely eliminating “grade-ons” as a selection category...
...thing Sacco hasn't improved, because he's already the best at it, is his layouts. He has a natural gift for arranging images for maximum dynamism and variety, while never fatiguing the audience's eye. One full-page tour de force shows Neven in his element, drinking with his buddies at the local bar. Two major panels - one of him racking pool balls and one of him gesticulating -- make up the top and bottom of the page. Smaller close-up panels of Neven or clicking billiard balls have been "laid" askew around the page while little boxes of text...
...additional freshness of a new coach working hard to erase the bad memories of last year’s Mark Morris fiasco. It’s never been a question of talent with this team, especially with a typically deep group of forwards, so if Roll can get the maximum out of this team, it could surprise. The key will be on defense, as six freshmen or sophomores have skated on the back line already this season, placing a big burden on goalie Dustin Traylen. So far, he’s handled it well: 10 goals allowed in four games...
...since been evacuated, and the spectacle of a shaken Wolfowitz vowing to fight on did little to reassure the folks back home. The attack on Wolfowitz's residence-for-a-night showed a nimble tactical ability on the part of the insurgents to improvise and time their attacks for maximum political effect. And they followed it up Monday with the bloodiest single day in Baghdad since the capital fell to U.S. forces, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 200 in attacks on the headquarters of the International Red Cross and four Iraqi police stations around Baghdad. (Following...