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...second day of the meet, he easily beat the mile field and crossed the finish line with a celebratory wave to the partisan crowd. Carswell also anchored the winning Distance Medley Relay (DMR), which secured him the meet's Most Valuable Performer award...
...three sprinters, along with freshman Dominick Patillo, combined to break the school record in the mile relay...
...costs. The airline, once a paragon of service, paid a steep price for such bloodletting: it plunged to last in on-time arrivals and lost thousands of bags. Passenger complaints rose to record levels. Delta had attempted to drive down its cost from 9.26[cents] per "available seat" mile to 7.5[cents] per mile, a goal it has not yet attained. The company recently admitted that it had gone too far in cutting back passenger service and vowed to make amends...
Washington State is not the only place where volcanoes loom. There are explosive mountains in every corner of the world. Late last week, Alaska's Okmok volcano coughed a cloud of ash nearly a mile into the sky, perhaps presaging a period of increased volcanic activity. Near Mexico City, Popocatepetl, a 17,887-ft. volcanic peak, has begun to smoke and churn, threatening 500,000 people who live beneath it. In Italy five active volcanoes are being watched, the most menacing of which is the temperamental Vesuvius. In Japan 86 active volcanoes are packed onto an archipelago smaller than California...
...barely a 10 mile ride from Stamford Bridge, the home ground of Chelsea F.C., to Wembley Stadium, the proverbial "Home of Football" and the English national soccer team...