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Some places the border is a muddy river, too thin to plow, too thick to drink. Other places it's just a line in the sand. Over the years mapmakers redrew it, wars moved it, nature yanked it all around as the course of the Rio Grande shifted. But what would it take to make it disappear altogether...
...soot from burning old tires; the twin cities have signed more treaties than their national governments can keep track of, let alone ratify. "The only way the cities in this region can make it," says Juarez mayor Gustavo Elizondo, "is to forget that a line and a river exist here...
...first time in 500 years, the river is so low that about 50 ft. from its destination it just dries up altogether and turns into a salt flat. Two alien weeds, hydrilla and hyacinth--border officials don't know how they got there--are growing so fast they have blocked the flow of the river. Fighting them would require approval from both sides, which is practically impossible to get. And so here, all that is left of the border is four metal stakes in the sand, tied with orange ribbons whipping in the Gulf breeze.The border patrol...
Just at the moment when, up and down the river, cities are arguing about where and whether to build more bridges, haggling over diplomatic papers and environmental clearances and political payoffs, all in order to build another truck bridge over a creek, here nature just went ahead...
...junior skipper Clay Johnson said. “We defended our home waters pretty well.” BOSTON DINGHY CLUB CUP While each of Harvard’s three regattas took place in the vicinity, only the Boston Dinghy Club Cup took place on the Charles River. The No. 4 Crimson took advantage of the familiarity on its way to a relatively easy first-place finish in a strong 18-team field. Harvard’s point-total of 314 bested No. 14 Dartmouth and No. 15 Brown, which took second and third, respectively. The two schools hosting...