Word: thefts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What's dumber than hauling 85 tons of Antarctic ice halfway around the world to be showcased at Expo '92 in Seville? Hauling it back again. The Chileans are doing just that, thanks to environmentalists who railed against desecrating the frozen continent. Never mind that the theft left approximately 100 quadrillion tons of the stuff still intact; the ice is now in Valparaiso, soon to head south in an insulated container. Antarctica will be whole -- and the atmosphere will have to absorb an extra load of pollution, the by-product of fuel burned in shipping the berg back home...
...Kirsty L. Goodwin '93, who co-ordinates recycling programs in the houses, said yesterday that loss of cans from theft has not been a major problem recently...
Speaking on the condition on anonymity, the student, who discovered the theft, said that when he walked into the room he noticed someone hiding behind the door...
...theft suspect "well-known" to Harvard law enforcement officials was arrested by Northeastern University police on Tuesday, police officials said...
...ever an argument for getting tickets early to an Ex show, this was also it. The last tickets for this weekend were given out by last weekend. The current waiting list is rumored to be approaching the one hundred mark. Getting to the show this weekend may require theft, bribery, or outright murder. Sweeney would approve...