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...opening day of the EISL championships, Cole paced the field in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 4:20.18, more than 4.5 seconds before second-place Mike Smit of Cornell. Cole’s preliminary time in the event—4:24.02—was nearly a second faster than Smit’s mark of 4:24.86 in the championship final...
...detained in Spain for alleged environmental offenses and failure to cooperate with coastal authorities in a timely fashion.) So why did the Prestige sink? Theories include the extreme weather conditions, a collision with floating debris, structural problems, metal fatigue and miscalculations in the salvage effort. The Dutch salvage firm Smit, which handled the attempted rescue of the ship, is locked in a battle of words with Spain. "We asked to tow the ship to a safe place on the Spanish coast, where we could repair it in calm waters," says a Smit spokesman. "But the Spanish authorities refused." The Spanish...
...restriction; drug addicts from elsewhere found cruising the neighborhood can be arrested and forced into detox programs. "In a city where 43% of the population is not of Dutch origin, it's especially important that the rules for noncitizens be clear and enforceable," says Opstelten. For city councilor Michiel Smit, 26, a member of Livable Rotterdam, another party Fortuyn once headed, those programs don't go far enough. Smit particularly likes the idea of deporting criminal offenders of Turkish or Moroccan origin, even if they were born in the Netherlands and have Dutch passports. "We grant nationality too easily...
Sources: Mammoet Smit International, Bellona Foundation, DSND, Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering, Strana
From his experience with more than 200 murder and fantasy-stalker cases, Smit believes the killer intended to go to Mexico--that is why he demanded the odd sum of $118,000, which at the time was close to a million pesos, and some of it in $20 bills, for easy exchanging. "I believe the Ramseys are innocent," says Smit. "If it's an intruder, it's not the parents, and I think it's that simple." He adds, "The theory doesn't determine the evidence. The evidence should determine the theory...