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...meant a nihilistic freedom. Few of us have come equipped with the spiritual resources and moral poise of Archimedes, who chose to remain in Syracuse, imperturbably thinking about mathematics while invading Romans gashed through town. A soldier stabbed Archimedes to death as he drew a geometrical figure in the sand...
...aquifer is a California-size deposit of water-laden sand, silt and gravel. It ranges in thickness from 1,000 ft. in Nebraska, where two-thirds of its waters lie, to a few inches in parts of Texas. Although it was first tapped in the 1930s, it has been extensively exploited only since the development of high-capacity pumps after World War II. The Ogallala's estimated quadrillion gallons of water, the equivalent of Lake Huron, have irrigated farms in South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, changing a region of subsistence farming into...
...some felt Ford had a difficult time motivating some players to perform to their capabilities. "You weren't sure where you stood [with Ford]," one sand, adding that Ford consequently "had trouble motivating players to do their best...
...After Sand's victory, the crowd of more than 60--knowing that for Harvard to stay in contention, the fifth-seeded Beckman must win--flocked to watch him struggle with Princeton freshman Chris Robertson...
...reported TIME's David Halevy, "a land of sand, wind and camels once more." The Israelis left standing the Red Sea resorts of Neviot, Di-Zahav and Sharm el Sheikh. Otherwise, they were remarkably thorough in obliterating the last traces of human habitation in the settlements before they left...