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Talk about breaking out of a slump...
Asia may be mired in an economic slump, but it's still soaring technologically. Just look at Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, above, which opens this week and will enter the record books as the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting Awaji island to the city of Kobe. In the works for a decade, the $7.7 billion project boasts a 6,532-ft. (1.2-mile) center span--measured as the distance between the two towers--dwarfing the 1,595-ft. Brooklyn Bridge. Each of the towers, taller than a 90-story building, is equipped with 20 vibration-control devices...
Losing four of its last six games and struggling to put runs on the board, the Harvard softball team looks to break out of its recent slump and open its Ivy League season on the right foot this weekend...
...advances given to float best sellers have contributed to the publishing slump. "A $1 million advance is not a shocker anymore," says Peter Breen, managing editor of Book Publishing Report. Ironically, it was Newhouse who developed the high-price strategy, says Thomas Maier, author of Newhouse, on the theory that, as in Hollywood, the hits could carry the dogs. "He became a victim of this theory and opened the door for media conglomerates to enter the world of book publishing," Maier notes...
California cliff and canyon dwellers might as well get ready for more devastation. Up and down the coastline, hundreds of hillsides are starting to slump and slide. And the reason, say experts, is simple. Weeks of relentless rain have saturated not just the top few inches of soil but also underlying layers of bedrock, causing structural weakening deep down. By itself, waterlogged ground is a nuisance. Combined with California's mountainous terrain, says Doug Morton of the U.S. Geological Survey in Riverside, Calif., it can very quickly add up to disaster. Imagine living on the edge of a steep, quivering...