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...partner in crime, Beatrice (Jessie Cohen) is equally confident and effective. Her acid attacks on Benedick melt into real compassion at the appropriate moment. Cohen's prim superciliousness perfectly captures her character...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Southern Discomfort | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

...EARTH GETS WARMER, WILL THE ICE CAPS melt? That's a matter of hot debate among scientists who worry about possible climatic change. The Antarctic ice sheet alone is larger than the continental U.S. and holds a mass of water that if melted would raise world sea levels by about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Out the Lifeboats! Antarctica Is Melting | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

...were it not for a foehn that last year delivered tons of North African desert sand to the Alpine ridges. "This is a common phenomenon," explains climatologist Dreiseitel, "but in 1991 it coincided with a winter that produced little snow, and the coating of sand increased the rate of melt on the high peaks." All over the Alps that summer, glaciers retreated -- including Similaun. Even then, it was only by chance that the world learned of the Iceman. "By the end of September," says Spindler, "he would have been buried under a half-meter of snow. Most probably, he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stone Age Iceman | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...greening of Mars. The first step, according to one recent study, would be to warm the planet by releasing large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. These gases would act like a greenhouse, trapping the sun's heat. As the planet warmed, the polar caps would begin to melt, releasing water vapor and carbon dioxide into the Martian air, thickening it and increasing the greenhouse effect. Eventually the permafrost, where most of Mars' water is locked up, would melt, and rivers and lakes -- if not oceans -- would flow across the Red Planet again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Anybody Out There? | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

Harvard's defeat drops the Crimson to 4-3-1 (2-0-1 Ivy) and has seen its impressive start melt to near 500 levels. The loss to Maine was the fourth consecutive game the Crimson has gone without a victory...

Author: By Y. TAREK Farouki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Luck Not on M. Booters Side | 10/14/1992 | See Source »

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