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...American dream, greet each other in the Dunkin’ Donuts, on the way to work. Unused warehouses and office space line some streets, but far more are filled with identical row houses, with children playing in cramped side yards. Neighbors hold conversations from their porches in good weather, fanning themselves to stave off the heat...
...four hours, warming him up and keeping him awake until guides arrived to take Hall to the camp. Osborne and his team turned their attention again to the summit, looming 150 meters (492 feet) above them. Osborne and his team decided to give up the climb because inclement weather was expected, and they did not want to be the cause of another rescue that day.“You wish in a way that you had never seen the guy,” Osborne said. “The amount of money you pay, the amount of effort...
...world. Oh, Harvard, I groaned, why couldn’t you produce a better system? As my time here continued, so did my complaints. I complained about issues of diversity, unfair “remedies” to the grade inflation that I never saw, the men, and the weather. As an executive of The Harvard Crimson, I listened to—and sympathized with—the complaints of many other members of the Harvard community. So focused was I on what was wrong with Harvard that, for a good portion of my undergraduate career, I never really took...
...also served on committees to determine the government’s policies in a wide range of fields. Meteorology and atmospheric science have been a major focus of these projects, including a report he helped produce called Fair Weather, describing the policy issues raised by the tensions between private weather services. He also advised the government to build a new version of the deep-sea submarine, Alvin, that discovered the wreck of the Titanic, and has helped formulate the direction of America’s future in space...
Great White North's principals, Mike Kerkmann and Barbara Goldberg, started the company in 1993 by organizing a single event in Toronto. But Canada's weather limited the company's growth, so in 2001 they launched into the U.S. Now, they're involved in almost 50 festivals in Canada and the U.S.--by far the biggest commercial organizer in North America. "In Canada, it's a four- or five-month season at the most, but in Florida, we can operate year-round," says Kerkmann. For a start-up festival, his company arranges everything from the paddles to the practice sessions...