Word: porousness
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...running, in particular, deserves credit for the rout. The Cantabs ran up 232 yards (and 15 running first downs) against the porous Big Green defense--and all four touchdowns came on the ground...
Shuffling wastes from one leaking site to another that may soon turn porous may seem absurd, but there is no way to eliminate all landfills as short-term disposal necessities. The same is true of the use of hazardous- waste incinerators. While they risk befouling the air, they are nonetheless a necessary temporary expedient...
...Chris Riga provide experienced size. Better against the pass than the run. SECONDARY: Starters Cecil Cox and Ken Tarczy return from last year's squad, but this year might spend more time defensing the run than the pass. SECONDARY: Only safety Joe Policastro returns from last year's porous group. The other three are all new, and that should make a problem area a year ago a bigger one this year. KICKING GAME: Punter-placekicker Rob Steinberg is back. Though inconsistent, he's got a year's experience. KICKING GAME: Senior Pete Murphy will handle the punting like...
Despite all this talk of Columbia's porous past, let's not forget that with seven minutes to go in last year's game, Harvard (5-4 overall, 5-2 Ivy last year) found itself on top by less than a touchdown, 27-21. Brent Wilkinson, the captain of this year's Crimson squad, returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown with three minutes to go to put the game out of reach...
...solar system, appearing in planets, asteroids, meteors and comets, often in the form of hydrocarbons. Gold believes that when the primordial gaseous swirl condensed into the sun and its satellites, large amounts of hydrocarbons settled in the earth's interior. Some of those compounds seeped upward into porous rocks and sediments, says Gold, and became such accessible pockets of riches as the oil fields of the Arabian Peninsula. He predicts that if greater depths were mined, fuel reserves far beyond current estimates would be found...