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...dramatically in preindustrial times when the jet stream moved south and brought dry air to the plains. In 1841, before William Cody (the most famous of several men known as "Buffalo Bill") was even born, a freak cold snap left a layer of ice over the Wyoming prairie so thick that even the biggest bison bulls--which can weigh a ton--couldn't break through to eat grass. Millions of bison perished, and the species never returned to that state's grasslands...
...right to appeal for redress to those in power in the capital. Almost as old as China itself, this system has long served as a safety-valve, a court of last appeal for the desperate. Most of the main ministries run petitioning offices where supplicants can bring the thick bundles of papers documenting their cases that are the telltale sign of a petitioner...
...said that five men were killed in the raid. Four were named followers of Reinado (see Manhunt: The Raid on Reinado). The name of the fifth man has not been released, but the ISF says his body was found in thick bush on a hillside near the compound...
...garden, says Reinado did not give the order to shoot until another rebel, Deolindo Barros, was killed. But less than 30 minutes after the gun battle began, the Australians-for reasons as yet unknown-stopped firing and pulled back, allowing Reinado and his surviving men to escape through the thick rainforest on the western side of the hill. Behind them they left the bodies of Barros, Natalino Pereira, Maranes Henrique and Calisto Tilman. The body of a fifth, unidentified man was found two days after the raid, but it was unclear whether he had died of wounds or exposure. Galucho...
...arrived at Harvard with my thick Southern accent still intact, wearing a Harvard Dems baseball jersey I bought my pre-frosh weekend. I was gung-ho about John Kerry and I campaigned every weekend for him. November 3 was a sad morning-after...