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...court-order cleanup effort, Convery said. The goal is to raise the water quality so that swimming is possible throughout the year, said Michael D. Wagner, assistant enforcement consul for the Environmental Protection Agency of New England, yesterday. “The river is in good shape in dry weather,” Laskey said. “The problem is after or during rainstorms.” Wagner added that the MWRA plans to reduce the CSO from 17.1 billion gallons a year in 1988 to 7.8 million gallons a year by 2013. Laskey said that this move marks...
...marched with the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) in the great parade up Fifth Avenue. We stood in the biting cold for hours—and then marched for hours more—as an awful mix of rain and snow blew south into our faces. Despite the terrible weather, hundreds and hundreds of AOH members turned out to walk behind their banner, smiling despite the cold and the stinging wind. As I joined the thousands who marched and saw the countless spectators who cheered us on, I realized we all knew what the fuss was about. On this...
...movie at home, the way can read a book. You can do it at home on your little laptop. But a lot of people go because it?s a social experience. It?s like watching a football game. Who in the world would go out in 20-below weather, and sit there and watch a football game where you can barely see the players? Football games are on TV, and it doesn?t effect stadium attendance at all. It?s the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will...
...could have been much worse, according to the National Weather Service. "It was a highly unusual storm for this time of year and, and while it may not seem like it, we were actually extremely lucky," said senior meteorologist Ed Shimon. "Had the atmosphere been just a little more unstable, with this mix of cold and hot air, that instability could have spun up a storm like we saw in May of 1999 in Oklahoma City, when that city was just devastated. These were some of the strongest rotations I've ever seen...
...senior in college could be very different from who you will be at 50, and not all relationships can survive or adapt to such changes. If you and your partner are truly comfortable with who you are individually, you are more likely to be able to weather changes that will spring up over the years. I do not think most people know themselves well enough at age 22 to be married, because their life experiences are still limited, although there are—as with anything—exceptions. I am not engaged, nor can I imagine being engaged...