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...California because it doesn't meet that state's more rigorous environmental standards. Such restrictions, however sensible, meant different refineries couldn't easily service new markets. Most of all though, the major Western oil companies had other things on their minds. Having lost lucrative Middle East concessions in a wave of nationalization in the 1970s, Big Oil was more obsessed with finding increasingly rare supplies of crude oil rather than worrying where to refine it. With all these distractions, oil companies didn't see the refining crunch coming, or preferred to look the other way. Even five years ago, there...
Irvin, who averaged 369.2 passing yards per game in his senior year at John Muir High in Pasadena, Calif., liked what he saw in Cambridge his first time out. Ultimately, however, he chose to head south to play for the Division I-A Green Wave...
...wave of change that has swept Asia has affected nations eager to put their past behind them. In China's Nanjing, archaic buildings that housed "comfort women" will be dismantled to erect skyscrapers. Japan tried to whitewash its militaristic past by culling mention of the rape of Nanjing from history textbooks. Despite the Asian tendency to celebrate the new, many cities have resolved to preserve their traditions. We all need to salvage the best elements from our past before urbanization transforms historic and cultural sites beyond recognition. Victoria Ip Hong Kong...
...redshirt freshman for the Green Wave, Irvin saw action in every game and made two starts. In his first collegiate start against Texas Christian, he was 22-of-37 for 282 yards and five touchdowns, leading Tulane to a 35-31 win and earning Conference USA offensive player of the week recognition...
Like many other successful small companies, Spira started by accident. In 1999 David Krafsur, an aerospace engineer living in Knoxville, Tenn., was thinking of ways to cushion his treadmill when he saw compact wave springs featured in a trade magazine. He figured the tiny springs could fit in shoes instead. Krafsur ordered some wave springs, and he picked up a $10 pair of skippies at Wal-Mart. As his wife rolled her eyes, Krafsur filleted the sole of each sneaker like a fresh trout, stuck springs in the heel and the forefoot and duct-taped them back together...