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...terrified to find themselves surrounded by "a raft of a gluey substance that glistened in the moonlight," says one of the fishermen, Manuel Toja. "It was so thick we felt we were stuck in it." Back in port - with their nets, buoys and lobster traps ruined by oil - their meager catch was rejected by the health authorities. While waves, winds and oil churn off shore, storms also are raging in government and shipping industry offices on several continents, where politicians and businessmen argue about who is to blame for the demise of the 26-year-old Prestige, which...
...Crimson running game, meanwhile, mirrored that of the Elis in the first quarter. Of Harvard’s first 10 plays, nine were runs, but at the end of the quarter, the Crimson had gained a meager 38 yards on the ground...
...bombs, many Europeans complain, has been hampered in the past by tight American export controls. American officials say that they're reviewing those controls and have provided technological fixes to iron out some of the problems. NATO officials hope the Spanish will demonstrate progress at Prague in improving the meager capacity of European allies to refuel their planes in flight. The allies got a further spur in September, when Rumsfeld formally proposed a combat force of up to 20,000 troops that can be deployed within a week and stay at least a month. This "NATO response force" - which bears...
...Crimson opened with an easy game one victory behind a strong defensive performance. The Lions could only manage a meager .020 kill percentage in the game...
...hometown north of Pyongyang (she prefers we don't name it) the price of grain in the black market has risen, but people can't afford to buy it: Although salaries have been raised, the government has only actually paid them once since July. People need to supplement meager government rations with rice bought at exorbitant prices on the black market. "This was a reform for the rich," says Lee. "Things are worse than before...