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...Construction—the company responsible for building Harvard's 589,000-square-foot science complex—caused a leak while relining a 300-foot portion of the century-old, brick-lined sewer pipe that runs along Western Avenue. Around 4 a.m., construction crews were pumping near-boiling water into the pipe to set the lining, when visible plumes of styrene-contaminated wator vapor started to shoot out of a manhole near Seattle Street. "We did not anticipate that we would have this issue when we released the water down the sewer line," Philip Coleman, the Turner construction manager...
...White House and Nancy Pelosi holding court as Speaker of the House, it might seem that few barriers remain for women with political aspirations. But according to Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics, the statistics are "a cold splash of water to the face." A measly 16.4% of Congress members, less than a quarter of governors and only 15.7% of U.S. mayors are women...
Phelps complied. At the Beijing Water Cube around 10:30AM, Michael Phelps swam two races, and won more gold medals. He broke two more world records, and got himself a new title: the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time...
During today's march towards immortality, Phelps' strongest opponent was his eyewear. During the final half of the butterfly race, his goggles filled up with water. "I couldn't see the wall," says Phelps. "They were getting more and more full throughout the race. I just hoped I was coming in first. I was kind of upset that it happened...
...unfurl a banner on an overpass. The police stopped them, and as security guards were distracted by this, five people barricaded themselves behind bicycles at a nearby park entrance. But the time and place were symbolic - in Beijing, just a short distance from the Olympic stadium and the Water Cube, where just two hours earlier Michael Phelps became the world's most decorated Olympian...