Word: petra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ever since last Wednesday night, when I learned of the German environmentalist's Petra Kelly's death, I have been in a complete state of mourning. She had always been the woman I admired the most, and the violent death of such an extraordinary person has affected me more deeply than any other event this year...
Middens made by hyraxes -- rodents found in Africa and the Middle East -- have provided similar evidence that human clearing of surrounding forests and shrubbery led to the sudden collapse in A.D. 900 of the ancient metropolis of Petra, in what is now Jordan...
Second Period: 3, B, Jennifer Ahren (Paige Prescott, Sarah Russell) 1:01; 4, B, Russell (Thomas, Petra Eaton) 5:13; 5, B, Thomas (unassisted) 6:57; 6, B, Russell (Eaton) 8:13; 7, H, Stickles (Buxton), 9:51; 8, H, Minkus (Josey Alissi, Ginny Simmonds) 11:52. Penalties--B, Russell (tripping...