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...over a period of several thousand years. The new study suggests that it could happen in a few hundred years. "That's a few feet per century," says Oppenheimer, "which may not sound like a lot, but it's more than society can handle. In places like the Eastern seaboard of the U.S., a 1-ft. vertical rise in sea level means a 100-ft. retreat of shoreline." In low-lying countries like Bangladesh, the resulting flooding could dwarf the 2004 tsunami...
...Chinatown bus business in New York City is a rough-and-tumble one, featuring supercheap fares along the Eastern seaboard, erratic schedules and cutthroat competition. But it got out of hand one night in May 2003. In the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, a Dragon Coach bus company driver named De Jian Chen, reportedly caught in the middle of a murky feud with another outfit, was shot dead...
...they improve service, the 40-odd Chinatown bus companies are becoming a growing threat to Greyhound Lines Inc. along Eastern seaboard routes. Greyhound has been shrinking its national network because of a string of financial problems. "We have no objection to competition as long as it is on a level playing field," says Kim Plaskett, director of corporate communications at Greyhound, which now offers a special online ticket rate of $18 on its New York City--Boston route, vs. the normal $35 fare...
...sustainability and a better understanding of the types of information that would be required.” In the report, the Corporation expressed concern that companies would be forced to “reveal competitively sensitive information.” The committees did, however, support a request that the Seaboard Corporation issue a report in light of public health concerns surrounding its pork-production division. The report linked the CCSR’s support of the request’s greater clarity and specificity, as well as its focus on “long term public health concerns...
...works to attack the problem from all three angles and bring another high-profile musician to campus this fall, other schools on the eastern seaboard are using a variety of effective tactics—from termbill fees to corporate sponsorships—to make their concerts happen...