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...environs, the map relies on the great European voyages of exploration of the previous 120 years. Unsurprisingly, those areas that had already been settled by Europeans are drawn in greatest detail: the coastline of Mexico, right up to Baja California, for example, is astonishingly accurate, while that of the Northeastern seaboard of North America is much less so. (See 25 more asian experiences...
Before she even celebrated her first birthday, Marques was forced to separate from her mother and flee her birthplace in northeastern Brazil. When Marques was only nine months old, her father was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by the brutal military regime that had taken over the country in a coup d’état nearly a decade earlier...
...monster snowstorms blanketed the northeastern U.S. in a single week, temporarily shutting down the federal government (at a cost of $100 million per day) and closing schools up and down the East Coast. Airlines canceled thousands of flights, while thousands of homes in Washington--where winds reached up to 40 m.p.h. (55 km/h)--were left without power. At least 750 D.C. workers were dispatched to clear accumulations that topped 3 ft. (1 m) in some areas; some reported breakdowns of their cleanup equipment, which was unaccustomed to such strenuous...
...Crimson faced Clarkson in November, it was without power forward junior Liza Ryabkina, who was suffering from a dislocated kneecap. Ryabkina led Harvard to the Beanpot final this month with a stunning four-goal performance against Boston College. In the championship game, she then netted the game-winner against Northeastern. Ryabkina was named tournament MVP for her efforts...
While the eaters may not be competing in Vancouver this winter, they still take their sport and competitors seriously. “I was nervous because I was facing this legendary Northeastern kid; he was kind of the premier burrito eater,” said Burke...