Word: porousness
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...elsewhere on the planet. Sockeye salmon choke the mouths of streams, huge brown bears and their cubs feed on cloudberries in the surrounding sun-dappled meadows, while a giant stellar sea eagle rides the thermals on the flanks of one of the volcanoes ringing the lake. Boulders made of porous volcanic rock float at the edge of the lake, seemingly defying gravity. George Schaller, the renowned and famously dour American wildlife biologist, who is visiting the region to study brown bears, looks out over the natural bounty, and a broad smile splits his face. "Bears never had it so good...
That courage will be necessary in the weeks ahead, when all who have watched the carnage unfold will have to reckon with its meaning. It was one thing to imagine the threats from outside, the killers seeping across porous borders, waging war for causes beyond understanding. It was quite another to behold the ring of police cars descending on a pristine white farmhouse nestled in acres of cropland and wonder what hatreds are growing here at home, next door, right in plain sight...
Harvard hopes to exploit Columbia inside and prevent it from driving to the hoop. The Lions are dead last in the Ivies in field goal percentage (.414), while they have allowed the second highest field goal percentage (.464). Harvard, however, has had the most porous defense so far in the Ivy season, allowing foes to shoot at a blistering .484 pace...
Israel's principal response, however, has been to shut off the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Normally 65,000 Palestinians cross into Israel to work, but the porous borders had enabled assailants to enter with ease. The Israelis hope closing them completely will not only make terror attacks harder but also put pressure on Arafat to clamp down on Hamas...
...Crimson has had its share of difficulties this season--a porous defense matched with a somewhat erratic offense, but its problems are small compared to those of the Red Raiders...