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...these fragile pieces are bound to be destroyed in transit, and libraries of tablets will be fragmented into smaller lots to be sold,” he says. “Once that happens, it will be very difficult to decipher the meaning of many of these texts, if they are ever recovered...
...There are some aspects of the transit system that make an attack difficult, because the system itself was made with a kind of flushing capacity, so any kind of toxic material is difficult to disperse widely other than in a confined and controlled place like a subway car. So we pay attention to the subway cars themselves. We have significantly increased the numbers of officers that go into cars, searching cars unannounced. We protect our tunnels under the water, with police officers assigned there 24 hours...
...design featured immense twin towers of steel latticework. High-rise delicacies, they looked like ghostly evocations of the annihilated Trade Center--too much so for some people. The Port Authority also preferred Libeskind's design because it was less expensive and easier to integrate with their plans for transit lines and a rail station. And New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg liked the street life and plazas...
...will continue to be for the next six hours of delightful sport. The Pakistani team is lagging and one presenter says, “Let’s hope they get a birthday present from God.” Apparently, this birthday package got lost in transit: Pakistan lost to India by six wickets, and for those of us in the know, that’s a bloody...
...just because some [jerk] hates cars. I'm taking my business elsewhere. This ain't the city I was born in," writes a visitor to the popular Sod-U-Ken website. Some portion of the complaints are legitimate. After decades of underfunding and neglect, Greater London's public transit system is often late and sometimes lethal, leaving many commuters with few options. The profits from the new charge will be used to rehabilitate the system, but that will take time. Many Londoners find it hard to believe that the capital's transit authority can manage such a massive scheme; indeed...