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...specifically, “over a 99 percent reduction in combined sewage overflow,” the executive director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), Frederick A. Laskey, said yesterday. Combined sewage overflow (CSO) refers to the contamination that enters the river through pipes containing both storm water and sewage spillover. The move, slated for completion by 2013, could “perhaps make the Charles River the cleanest river in the country,” Laskey said. This current cleanup effort is the result of a 1985 lawsuit for violation of the Clean Water Act of 1972, according...
...brought cannot be measured in any neat bureaucratic report. They carry with them a hopeful vision of a national community that serves together and sacrifices for each other. As these teams from different backgrounds work side-by-side with residents, an uplifting image of another America arises from the storm wreckage. The NCCC points the way to a new America where the troubles of any group—however small or poor—are a challenge to be met by the entire national community...
...could have been much worse, according to the National Weather Service. "It was a highly unusual storm for this time of year and, and while it may not seem like it, we were actually extremely lucky," said senior meteorologist Ed Shimon. "Had the atmosphere been just a little more unstable, with this mix of cold and hot air, that instability could have spun up a storm like we saw in May of 1999 in Oklahoma City, when that city was just devastated. These were some of the strongest rotations I've ever seen...
...loyal sound designer, offering him a permanent office in Adelaide. "It's off the center a bit," admits Currie, "but he has everything at his beck and call." Indeed, with the nearby infrastructure of the South Australian Film Corporation, where such seminal pictures as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Storm Boy were made, De Heer has found his perfect filmmaking home. With the transgressive, sometimes dangerous nature of his work, one senses De Heer enjoys working below the radar. "He opens your eyes all the time," says Currie, "and you can never ever pick what's going to happen next...
...poll does not reveal the specific sources of students’ discontent with FAS or Summers. But it does suggest that—at a time when the national media has blasted FAS members—many undergraduates share the general impression that their professors mishandled the Summers storm...