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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After renovations were delayed a week for archaeologists to excavate the bones, the project hit another setback--environmental tests of the site showed traces of arsenic in the soil...
...sort of luminous archipelago pointing east. The noise of the engine and the wind would have made it difficult for the occupants to talk to one another, but the plane was equipped with headphones that would have made conversation easy. The position of the bodies at the crash site suggests that Carolyn and Lauren were sitting in the rear of the six-seat cabin, behind Kennedy. Overhead lights controlled by armrest switches would have allowed them to pass the time reading; a fold-down writing table gave them a place to rest a book...
...organize environmental-impact studies showing that the dams would harm water quality, threaten biodiversity, destroy several villages, displace hundreds of people--and still fail to provide good protection against flooding. In 1989 the group launched its most spectacular and effective action: the occupation of the Serre-de-la-Fare site by several hundred ecologists who camped in tents, cooked over open fires, strummed guitars--and blocked the bulldozers for five years...
...VITED If you think it's a drag to send out invitations by snail mail, consider a new website called evite.com All you need to do is fill out one of the site's prepared invitations and, with a click, send it off. It keeps track of acceptances, lets invitees make comments, even offers a place to pick, say, chicken or beef for dinner. There's a benefit for recipients too. They can peek at the R.S.V.P. list--and decide after casing the names on the acceptances whether it's a bash they would really like to attend...
...previous years, the site had also been home to the Pi Eta Speakers Club of Harvard College...