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...countless lead changes created a do-or-die atmosphere—and, for good measure, delivered a win for the home team. On Senior Night at Lavietes Pavilion, co-captains Lindsay Hallion and Jessica Knox each drilled a pair of free throws with under 30 seconds to play to seal a 51-48 nail-biter that catapulted the Crimson (17-9, 10-2 Ivy) over the Big Red (17-8, 9-3) into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings. Leading by one with 34 seconds to play, Hallion was called for a reach-in foul...
...Such a drop, called a loss of circulation, isn't uncommon in gas drilling. It usually means that natural fractures inside the borehole are allowing drilling fluid to leak out. Lapindo's engineers responded by pumping heavy drilling mud into the well to seal the cracks and restore pressure. Then they began to pull out the drill. Davies thinks that while they were removing the drill on the morning of May 28, they set off a massive "kick," in which high-pressure water and gas from the surrounding rock flowed into, rather than out of, the borehole. To prevent...
Certainly, Spaniards no longer seem scandalized by the prospect of divorce. Alberto Rubio founded divorcioexpress.com, a website that, for less than $600, lets partners seal an uncontested divorce via the Internet. "We facilitate about 100 divorces a month," he says. "But we're not promoting divorce, just making it more accessible." Like him, sociologist Inés Alberdi sees little grounds for concern over the divorce boom. "The number of divorces may have climbed, but the number of separations has decreased by almost the same amount," she says. "Before, when it came to divorce, Spain had very strange practices...
...There will be a person responsible for verifying the science that is on each of the pages,” said Terry Collins, a spokesman for EOL. “The pages that are there have all been given the scientific seal of approval...
...Spaniards certainly no longer seem scandalized by the prospect of divorce. Alberto Rubio founded divorcioexpress.com, a website that, for under $600, lets partners seal an uncontested divorce via the Internet. "We facilitate about 100 divorces a month," he says. "But we're not promoting divorce, just making it more accessible." Like him, sociologist Inés Alberdi sees little grounds for concern. "The number of divorces may have climbed, but the number of separations has decreased by almost the same amount," she says. "Before, when it came to divorce, Spain had very strange practices. Now we're more like other...