Word: northeastern
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...certainly looked that way last week as the atmospheric bomb that was Cyclone Larry--a Category 4 storm with wind bursts that reached 125 m.p.h.--exploded through northeastern Australia. It certainly looked that way last year as curtains of fire and dust turned the skies of Indonesia orange, thanks to drought-fueled blazes sweeping the island nation. It certainly looks that way as sections of ice the size of small states calve from the disintegrating Arctic and Antarctic. And it certainly looks that way as the sodden wreckage of New Orleans continues to molder, while the waters of the Atlantic...
...biggest chair in the world stands seven stories tall, weighs almost 23 tons and is found just to the left of the second traffic light in the tiny town of Manzano (pop. 7,000) in the northeastern corner of Italy near the Slovenian border. The red pine monument is not some avant-garde artistic statement. It's an oversize acknowledgment by the community of the industry that brought immense prosperity to Manzano and 10 small burgs around it over the past half-century. Known as the "chair triangle" (il triangolo della sedia), this district every year produces as many...
...Look at the nerds,” Northeastern News columnist Jack Weiland instructed in a piece from February 2004 titled “Nerd alert! Harvard band pinnacle of geeks”. “No, seriously, look at them...
Bands from Boston-area colleges faced off in front of a packed crowd Thursday night for a shot at victory in this year’s first intercollegiate Battle of the Bands. Two Harvard groups competed with acts from Berklee College of Music and Northeastern University to win over the audience that filled the upstairs of Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square. The Berklee indie group, Fly Upright Kite, came in first place with Harvard’s well-known Major Major tying with Northeastern’s Stolen Records for second. The all-girl Harvard rock band...
...this game.”And last night, Harvard’s three opening-frame goals—including its first shorthanded tally of the year—gave the Crimson the kind of breathing room it hasn’t enjoyed since a 5-0 victory over Northeastern in the consolation game of the Beanpot.As the Saints quickly learned, the wide margin only made Harvard more likely to score again.“This is very much indicative of many, many Harvard teams over the years,” said St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh after Sunday?...