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...Washington State's Elwha River, which flows from the mountains of Olympic National Park into the Juan de Fuca Strait. Their removal, scheduled to begin in 2008, would occur in stages, and if it goes as planned, the Pacific Northwest will lose only a tiny amount of hydropower and regain a legendary salmon fishery. But there could be problems. Behind the Elwha dams are some 18 million cubic yards of accumulated sediment, enough to fill four superdomes, and if a lot of that sediment starts to move downstream at once, the ecological consequences could be severe...
...took home only $7,500. Dooley Wilson, who has made several generations cry to the words of As Time Goes By, received a measly $3,500. The picture's success led to consideration of a sequel in which Bergman, after the death of her husband, returns and tries to regain Rick's affections from his new mistress. Nothing, of course, came of the idea. There was only one Casablanca...
...hall, the Levy-Sharon forces seized control, installing Knesset Member David Magen, a Sharon supporter, in Katsav's place. Magen quickly won a vote of acceptance for the 200 new Sharon delegates, then adjourned the convention. Said Sharon: "I think you saw here democracy." Katzav returned but could not regain control. A furious Shamir, flanked by security men, left the hall...
...Corporation has sole power to remove the President. Nonetheless, FAS, with 672 professors, is by far the largest of the University’s nine faculties, and it will be difficult for Summers to serve successfully as President if he cannot regain its confidence...
...appear to accept Baathist-led guerrilla fighters killing U.S. soldiers as part of the Sunni mainstream. Fears of full-blown sectarian warfare between Shiites and Sunnis, meanwhile, have prompted urgent mediation efforts by, among others, the firebrand Shiite maverick Moqtada Sadr. Sadr appears to be using the opportunity to regain political traction against rivals in organizations such as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which is the most influential party in the ruling coalition of prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. But Sadr's efforts are based on articulating a common nationalist agenda, specifically by demanding a timetable...