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...environmental damage done by mining and processing the coal. Last year a special Montana task force reported that by the time the state's coal deposits are exhausted, some 800,000 acres of Montana-an area larger than Rhode Island -would be chewed up and perhaps even made useless...
This is the final word on the mouth. It is useless now to anyone in its unbending hate. It is useless to her in its deadness. And if thy right arm offend thee...
...physics wonks know, is equal to the number of frisbees (genuine Wham-O's, no cheapie imitations allowed) that one spots floating in the Charles or caught in trees multiplied by the square root of b2 -- 2ac over 4a. If the number derived from this ridiculous, and practically useless formula is more than the number of swimming stories appearing in The Crimson during a one-week span, then spring has definitely arrived-accompanied, with fanfare, by dozens of horrible colds people have picked up as a result of playing frisbee barefoot and in shirtsleeves in 58 degree weather...
...Bert Englebert Award, a joke award initiated five years ago, was given to Goodenow. The award, which one fan called "possibly the ugliest and most useless trophy ever devised," shows a hockey player wearing rolling skates and set to take a slap shot even though he has no stick...
Like socks, cards wear out; if one is lost, a pack becomes useless; the mortality rate is high. That, in essence, is why so little is known about the early history of the playing card. Ancient specimens survive by accident. How cards were first introduced into Europe is not known. They may have been brought from China, where they had been used for gaming and fortunetelling since at least the 10th century. They may have migrated from the Middle East with returning Crusaders...