Word: outletting
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Perhaps, but the Corps has yet to address the city's two biggest vulnerabilities: the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, a little-used Corps navigation channel that carried Katrina's surge into the city, and a "funnel" near the entrance to the Industrial Canal, another little-used Corps channel. The Corps has said it will take $15 billion to bring the entire system up to the 100-year level, and so far it has only spent about $2 billion. "That should give you an idea of how much work there still is to do," says Garret Graves, who oversees coastal protection...
Both Russia and Georgia are guilty of atrocities. However, Georgia's heavy shelling of South Ossetia, including civilian areas, must preclude it from being seen as a "victim." I would expect that type of language from Fox News, but I expect a powerful media outlet like TIME to report the truth in an unbiased manner. Chris Pappas, LUBBOCK, TEXAS...
...candidates running this election cycle will, if elected, increase the numbers and clout of Blue Dog Democrats in Congress, who don't always see eye to eye with the party's congressional leadership. And Obama's generally restrained style and pragmatic, postpartisan approach to politics have not provided an outlet for the frustration and rage that has developed in some pockets on the left under Bush's two terms...
...medal winners, who had plastic bags filled other people's clean urine inserted into the rectum, and a plastic tube that was fixed and hung beneath the penis. So when the athletes gave urine tests, the urine did not come from the body, but instead from this plastic outlet. People did this for years and years - and still do. It was known about. Women would insert bags into their vaginas. Then in Athens, when some athletes were asked for a bit more urine to analyze in future years, the system became obvious. Their medals were taken away...
...used-book shops in the U.K. and recently opened five shops dedicated to selling used vinyl LPs and CDs. Farquhar says the Notting Hill shop's makeover should increase that site's revenues 100%. The boutique's average sale is $40, four times the average sale at a regular outlet. The other two Oxfam fashion boutiques are in the wealthy London enclaves of Chelsea and Chiswick. Oxfam expects to eventually extend the idea to upmarket urban areas around...