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...contain the mud. Already, they have transported more than 88 million cu. ft. (2.5 million cu m) of dirt to build eight miles (13 km) of levees around the site. Dozens of cranes work late into the evening piling the dirt atop bulwarks nearly 65 ft. (20 m) tall in places. As the mud rises, so must the levees, but so far Lusi seems to be outpacing human engineering. Twice the earthworks have been breached - most recently on Jan. 4 - flooding more houses. On Nov. 22, 2006, the weight of the soil ruptured a natural-gas pipeline, causing a massive...
...stare at our convoy. And every kilometer or so, there stood in the middle of the road a female traffic cop. Each wore an aqua-blue uniform and a fur-lined hat, stood ramrod straight and wielded a baton to point the way to drivers; all of them seemed tall, young and attractive - "a James Bond fantasy come to life," cracked one colleague on our bus. Whoever they were, they had one of the world's easiest jobs, because there was no traffic to direct...
...Harvard faced a tall order on Saturday, taking on the first place Big Red in Ithaca, N.Y. The weary Crimson could not stand up to the force of Cornell’s numerous nationally-ranked grapplers, but a few wrestlers shined when faced with the difficult challenge. A forfeit at 125 lbs and a major decision by second-ranked Mike Grey over junior Tommy Picarsic (133) gave the Big Red a 10-0 advantage, a margin the Crimson could not overcome...
...alarm for those whose idea of New Marketing is a gloppy company blog. "There's a whole new set of rules," Godin told TIME. "Let me not just try to buy some sizzle. Let me rethink what it means to be in business, to run an organization." A tall order, but this clever book is a good place to start...
...Getty Villa in Malibu, a museum devoted to the ancient Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. I wanted a long last look at its statue of a goddess from the 5th century B.C. Scholars are divided over just which goddess she represents, but whoever she is, at 7.5 ft. (2.3 m) tall, she's a formidable woman, one of the most powerful works in the Getty's rich collection...