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...long does Malé have before that happens? It depends. At present the global rate of increase is between 2 mm and 3 mm a year, around a tenth of an inch, meaning it will take about a century to produce a 1-ft. rise. This is cause for concern, of course, but a 1-ft. rise in sea level over the course of a century or more is unlikely to prove fatal. A century, after all, is a long time--long enough to raise sea walls and breakwaters and to adapt in myriad other ways...
...passenger was stuck in an elevator on the tenth floor of an undisclosed location. The passenger was freed at 10:15, and the mechanic reported that the door was jammed shut by a small foreign object...
...team will spend five minutes perfecting the angle of their arms for a move that is approximately a tenth of a second of their routine...
Indeed, despite clear advances, statistics compiled by the U.N. show that women still shoulder more of the world's responsibilities but enjoy fewer of its benefits. Women perform two-thirds of the world's work but earn only one-tenth of its income and own only a hundredth of its property. They make up a third of the globe's official work force but are paid less than three-quarters of the wages men earn for similar jobs. Since few husbands do their share of the world's child-care and domestic work, women who are employed outside the home...
Dolbec’s and Niemi’s B-division finished seventh, placing in the top nine in all but one race. The A-division finished tenth overall, as Dartmouth won the regatta overall...