Word: polarizing
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...polar opposite of the men's tournament, the women's Beanpot has been dominated by Northeastern and Harvard over its 22-year history. The Huskies have won 14 championships. The Crimson is next with six. Boston University and Brown--an out-of-place Beanpot invitee--have one title apiece...
...start of the 21st century there were unmistakable signs that exploitation of the planet was reaching its limit--that nature was beginning to take its revenge. Melting ice in the polar regions suggested that the climate was changing rapidly. Weather was even more erratic than usual, giving some places too little rain and others too much. Fires raced across the parched American West last summer, and recent storms spread devastation from Britain to Taiwan. No specific event could be directly blamed on global warming, but scientists say that in a greenhouse world, deluges and droughts will be more frequent...
...fatal one should we choose it as the determinant of our future. The simple truth is this report provides us with the documented, undeniable proof that our behavior has significantly impacted worldwide climate trends, and that the alteration of those trends has in turn resulted in shrinking glaciers, thinning polar sea ice, retreating snow packs, warmer average global temperatures and disturbances in the flow of water within the oceans. Whether or not one feels that these changes wont be as bad as predicted, or wont cause problems as quickly as suggested, it is irresponsible--and no longer possible--to ignore...
...exploring Mars that is marked by a cautious schedule, painstaking attention to detail and a major jump in spending. The agency's slower-safer-more-expensive philosophy comes after a string of devastating failures during NASA's quick-and-dirty regime, which included the mysterious disappearance of the Mars Polar Lander...
...greenhouse gases continue to trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, we can expect average global temperatures to rise between 2.7 degrees and 11 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century. That kind of increase, scientists contend, means cataclysmic changes in our environment: Think melting of the polar ice caps, flooding and drought...