Word: shifts
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According to legend, the Mesopotamians blamed their woes on Sargon's grandson, whose hubris had supposedly angered the gods. But the American and French researchers, led by Yale archaeologist Harvey Weiss, offer a more scientific, if no less surprising, explanation. They believe the drought was part of a major shift in weather patterns that affected the climate in many different areas of the globe 4,000 years ago. From Egypt to the Aegean to India, rainfall diminished and temperatures dropped. "This is opposite to what you might expect from global warming," explains George Kukla, senior research scientist at the Lamont...
...guard, Pierre R. Voss, has said he was hurt last month after falling on a flight of stairs while working a shift. He was rushed to Mt. Auburn Hospital after the injury, but the University has denied his claim for compensation for his injury...
...shift starts to kick into gear with the fourth track, "Cut to the Chase." While still brandishing good bass playing and skillful tone variations, this song adds one more thing--real violin music...
...Harvard has refused to recognize the incident as a work-related injury or pay worker's compensation for it. The University also disputes Voss's charge that his placement on a strenuous shift constituted harassment. Manager of Operations for Security Robert J. Dowling said the shift, which requires walking through chemistry labs, is no more taxing than any other...
Harvard, according to police department sources, will base its defense on a report written by another security guard who was walking with Voss as they did the shift together on July 9. In that report, the guard says he did not witness Voss's fall...