Word: nils
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...Australia trailed in the first set 11-8 then won four straight points to go up one-nil. The final point was a let serve that fell over for an ace; there was a lot of magic happening in Sydney. The Aussies won the second set, too, for the upset, and there were tears all around and a lot of hugging and kissing and rolling in the sand...
...Satellite images show that industrial aerosols--sulfuric acid and the like--emitted by steel mills, oil refineries and power plants are suppressing rainfall downwind of major industrial centers. In Australia, Canada and Turkey, according to one study, these pollution patterns perfectly coincide with corridors within which precipitation is virtually nil. Reason: the aerosols interfere with the mechanism by which the water vapor in clouds condenses and grows into raindrops big enough to reach the ground...
...question whether Bush is such a foregone conclusion and move toward Keyes. But though Keyes' third-place finish in Iowa has buoyed supporters, polls show his support running in the single digits in the rest of America. And even friends put his chances of victory at slim to nil. He's not going anywhere except back to Maryland. "I don't think he for a moment believes he's going to win the nomination," Lichenstein says. "He's not going to be a candidate for president, or the president of the United States. But then again, hardly anyone who runs...