Word: subterranean
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There are several Boston 'T' stations where you can get a bite to eat. But in the newest subterranean restaurant, at the Kendall Square stop, appearances are deceiving...
...water will come from aquifers deep beneath the Sahara, formed 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, when North Africa had a considerably higher rainfall. These vast subterranean water reservoirs were discovered in the 1960s by U.S. geologists searching...
Meanwhile, houses on Florida's eastern coast are beset by another insect immigrant. The Formosan termite, thought to have arrived there aboard a seagoing yacht, forms colonies underground. Its subterranean paths sometimes extend as far as 300 ft. Says Entomologist Nan-Yao Su of the University of Florida's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center: "In one instance, in Hallandale, Fla., a single colony had driven foraging tunnels underneath four large condominium buildings and infested each one." The insects chew up virtually anything in their path. Last year downtown Honolulu lost power for half a day after Formosan termites severed...
...enough: Charles Schwab, probably the country's best-known discount broker, resigned last week from the 15-member BankAmerica board "to devote undivided time and attention" to the brokerage firm bearing his name, which he sold to the same bank in 1983. But in fact the move had more subterranean implications for the No. 2 banking company in the U.S., which shocked the investment world last month with a second-quarter loss of $640 million. Schwab's sudden departure seemed to be another sign of a muted power struggle at the huge (assets: $117 billion) San Francisco-based bank...
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