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...legacy of a century of intensive lead and zinc mining are the "lead heads," or "chat rats," as the kids who grew up around here are known. As toddlers, they played in sandboxes of chat--the powdery output of mills after ore is extracted from rock. As preteens, they rode their bikes across the gravel mounds and swam in lime-green sinkholes. Their parents used mine tailings to make driveways and foundations, never thinking that contaminated dust might blow through the heating ducts of their ranch houses. In the past decade, studies have shown that up to 38% of local...
...fifteen. The five-man Steve Miller Band, with Moby Grape are still the only Hashbury era rock bands I can tolerate over repeated listenings. Miller broke up that band, in favor of a trio, at the musical instant when trios went totally out of fashion. He rode back into the mainstream of rock music, Steve Miller's remains as little known as his five-man band did. I fact, though, this is rumored to be a new Steve Miller Band, and no one seems to know who's in it, besides Steve, and how many there...
...fifteen. The five-man Steve Miller Band, with Moby Grape are still the only Hashbury era rock bands I can tolerate over repeated listenings. Miller broke up that band, in favor of a trio, at the musical instant when trios went totally out of fashion. He rode back into the mainstream of rock music, Steve Miller's remains as little known as his five-man band did. I fact, though, this is rumored to be a new Steve Miller Band, and no one seems to know who's in it, besides Steve, and how many there...
That was the least of Harvard’s worries. The Crimson, which rode a powerful lineup to a 7-1 conference record going into the weekend against Yale, limped out of New Haven on Monday with regulars David Bach, Morgan Brown and Trey Hendricks nursing injuries. Over the weekend, the offense disappeared and the pitching perplexed—looking effective but inconsistent...
During my morning commute, I read "How We Got Homeland Security Wrong," about how the government allocates funds to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks [March 29]. After I walked through Grand Central Station, I entered New York City's crowded transit system and rode past the site of the World Trade Center and the Federal Reserve building, finally arriving at my job in the city's financial district. So I was amazed to read that the government has allotted $61 a person to make the prairies of Wyoming safe from terrorists and less than $25 for each New Yorker...