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...cheaper to lease. Last week, E.U. transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio - a Spaniard - called on member states to quickly enact individual bans on single-hulled tankers in European waters. Efforts to clean up the benighted coast have been hindered by poor weather. The work has rapidly become an onshore mop-up exercise rather than an offshore recovery, partly due to the nature of the oil. With a consistency like that of chewing gum, the oil is stubborn and impervious to dispersants - the first choice in dealing with spills - which break the oil up into small droplets that are further dispersed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Coast | 11/24/2002 | See Source »

...promises you’ll get in, but warm up’,” Rose recalls. “I would’ve taken anything, but in the fourth quarter, Coach looks at me and says, ‘You’re not a mop...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Neil Rose, Ph.D: Despite Injuries, Benching, QB To Graduate With Honor | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

...Saturday, Fitzpatrick’s only snaps at quarterback came in mop-up duty. The quarterback controversy seems to be over...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Doing Themselves One Better: Rose, Morris Shatter Records at Dartmouth With Pass-Happy Attack | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

They booed two acts from the stage on Friday. A “sandman” swept the rejected performers into the wings with a large mop...

Author: By Nathan J. Heller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BSA's Apollo Night Packs Lowell Hall | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...They’re really cute,” adds her friend. And, to a degree they’re correct. Their emo/New Wave fashion sense and their greasy unkempt locks are analogous, I suppose, to those horrible acid-washed ensembles donned by Timberlake et al or the mop-tops of the Beatles. Still, the demographics of Wednesday’s audience—fans ranging from aggravating teeny-boppers to aspiring yuppie hipsters to visor-sporting frat boys—suggest that the Strokes’ widespread appreciation extends beyond their boyish good looks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strokes of Luck | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

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