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...city's waterways. (The ordinance was established to prevent accidental drownings; government officials were chiefly concerned about liability and the prospect that novice swimmers, imitating highly skilled surfers, might leap into Lake Michigan, especially in harsh winter conditions.) The move will effectively legalize surfing in the heart of the Midwest and make Chicago an unlikely beachfront in the war to extend surfing's influence across the country. (See 10 things to do in Chicago...
...boundary layer" near the water's surface - hence more waves. Waves during a storm may reach 20 ft. and appear roughly every six to eight seconds. How do they compare to the surf in Hawaii and California? Pacific waves tend to be stronger and longer than those in the Midwest because they gain momentum from crossing thousands of miles from Asia. They may be twice as tall and appear every 10 to 12 seconds during a storm...
...campus of The Ohio State University in the process. There, Harvard would match its finish from a year ago, placing 19th out of a field of 21, a few key rounds away from mixing it up with some of the nation’s top collegiate programs from the Midwest and West Coast. “Our scoring average per round has been getting lower ever since I came to Harvard,” Sheldon said. “However, we did not have as many remarkable rounds as we did a year ago. If we are able to combine...
...Critics found him cold, audiences found him élitist, and producers wanted tunes people could hum. Much of Sondheim's career has been spent waiting for everyone else to catch up. And they usually do. This season, fans in the U.S. can see productions of his works from the Midwest to Florida, or take their pick from hundreds of versions of what Sondheim and collaborator James Lapine once joked was their "pension" - the (relatively) feel-good Into the Woods. There's also a gutsy Broadway West Side Story, with many of the lyrics rendered in Spanish. (Read "What's Wrong...
...Democrats devised a permit allocation system to line up committee support. To woo lawmakers from districts powered by coal-fired utilities in the Midwest and Southeast, the agreement would give away 35% of the permits to electric utilities until 2025 while they make a transition to cleaner fuels or develop carbon capture technology. Research for such technology would be subsidized by billions of dollars raised from government auctions...