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...FORMATION Millions of years ago intense heat and pressure caused loose particles of carbon hundreds of miles below sea level to crystallize into diamonds. Volcanic eruptions then pushed the diamond-bearing ore close to the earth's surface...
...Iraq, Bush didn't prove he would do whatever it takes to keep America safe. He showed only that he is adept at linking two entirely unrelated issues (Iraq and 9/11) and getting the media to help him do it--over and over again. HEATHER FLYNN Portland, Ore...
...predictions are hard to make. Viewed in this light, Fischer's antisocial, egomaniacal antics were ingenious psychological ploys that made his opponents second-guess their ideas about the grand master's chess strategies. Fischer's aberrant behavior was a crucial aspect of his chess-playing genius. TIM JOHNSON Eugene, Ore...
Hometown: Newport, Ore...
...closest to the gears of the global economy were the first to notice the coming storm in China. Albert Stahl, a London ship broker, watched the spot-market price for cargo-vessel leases rise last winter to $22,000 a day for a ship big enough to transport iron ore. He assumed the spike was due to the impending Iraq war. But through the summer the price kept increasing; shipowners even stopped giving quotes in expectation that prices would jump again the following day. Then Stahl began hearing reports of vessels the size of three football fields anchored...