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...money to explore the area. Even in E.N.I.'s successful gas operation, there has been trouble. In the rush to draw off natural gas from the Po Valley fields, E.N.I, failed to seal a well properly. As a result, methane has leaked through large areas of porous upper strata, ruining crops and wasting...
...clause has stated that a parent would lose a $600 dependency exemption on any of his children who earned over $600 in a year. For those in the higher income brackets this could be a sizable figure. But the law hurt perhaps most deeply those in the lower income strata whose children really did have to work their ways through college...
...geologists have learned to use bacteria as an aid to exploration, e.g., certain important layers of rock can be identified by the fossil microorganisms imbedded in the strata. Some of these are remains of bacteria that lived freakishly on iron or sulphur compounds; others, still living, get along on petroleum itself. Most common soils contain bacteria that can "eat" hydrocarbons; if oil is spilled on the soil, they multiply enthusiastically, and soon the oil disappears...
Like all of the Houses, Dunster has its share of football binges and Monday morning hangovers. But also like all of the Houses, Dunster has its share of representatives from all college strata...
Some of the small carnivora feed near the surface at night and retire during the daytime to a lower level where they can be spotted by echo-sounding devices. Dr. Weiss believes that special vessels could drop flexible hoses into these living strata and suck up enormous quantities of edible zooplankton...