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...tidal wave rolled on, submerging the neighboring village of Santuario (pop.: about 1,400) and two other small communities. To the west, on the opposite slope of Nevado del Ruiz, a second avalanche broke loose and headed for Chinchiná, a city of about 34,000. Some 200 families fled the area. Chinchiná, six miles from the base of the volcano, escaped major damage, but civil authorities estimate that 1,090 people died in the immediate area...
...habits haven’t died. The alcohol-related festivities of Harvard-Yale follow in the same spirit as Cornell’s Slope Day or Princeton’s Nude Olympics, and final clubs also help keep ancient traditions alive, he says...
...plump 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe, that means three. That may have had something to do with its improbable steel ridgeback seam, several inches high, like a Mohawk haircut that bisects the car lengthwise, coursing along the hood, over the bulbous roof and down the steep slope of its trunk. A pure aesthetic flourish on the part of Jean Bugatti, son of company founder Ettore, the riveted seam gives the car a hand-sewn look. It also removes it so completely from the realm of the familiar as to make the Atlantic Coupe something close to a Surrealist object...
Other opponents have made the case that while there is nothing particularly wrong with putting a renewable energy option on the termbill, this will start us down the slippery slope of a termbill bloated with a laundry list of various optional fees. This logic is tenuous at best. While a termbill saddled with all kinds of various fees would certainly be regrettable, it is not clear what other sorts of fees are about to be added. Additionally, we are confident that the issue of global climate change is of such singular importance that its placement on the termbill is warranted...
...continue to push for change while respecting their peers’ rights to opt-out, except in those situations where basic rights are at stake. And when the Faculty meet to decide on whether to approve the opt-out wind power initiative, I encourage them to reject superficial slippery-slope arguments about the demise of the termbill as we know it and embrace opt-options for what they are: creative and democratic means for implementing positive change...