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Leading the way are left winger Ian Boyce(16-22--38) and center Kyle McDonough (19-23--42),who help form one of the league's strongest lines.But in order for the Cats to scratch at the ECACtitle, they will have to score more than theirECAC average of 3.7 goals per game last year...
...neighboring mountains, gathering strength for a counterattack. But Cybula, their elder, receives a peace offering. Cybula has his doubts, not only about his enemy's intentions but about the new way of life posed by the prospect of tilling the fields: "It was not necessary to tickle and scratch Mother Earth to make her produce...
...mile path to open water. Ultimately, the mammoth rescue effort involved several helicopters, support vehicles and more than 100 people. While only a heart of stone could fail to be moved by the plight of the three whales, the vast resources consumed by their rescue caused some observers to scratch their heads -- not at the behavior of the whales, but at that of their would-be human saviors. Such entrapment in ice, they know, is commonplace. Less than 30 miles from the rescue effort, polar bears feasted on the remains of a bowhead whale that had had the misfortune...
Butler's rocks will not turn any heads at Cartier; the largest is a few thousandths of an inch thick. But the sturdy crystals could be used to make wear-resistant machine tools, for example, or scratch-proof lenses. Diamonds would even make first-rate computer chips if they were not so expensive to produce. Butler's technique could help solve that problem. "The gas is free," he points out, "and the supply is virtually unlimited...
...Wayne's a great coach," she says. "He rebuilt the program from scratch. He's done a great job letting people know their roles on the team...