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Spared the thorough destruction suffered by left-bank Warsaw in WW II, the area has preserved the 19th and early 20th century buildings not found elsewhere in the Polish capital. Under communism, it became home to the poorest of the poor, and its petty crime scared off most Varsovians...
Indeed, in Montana's Little Rockies, a gold mining operation that was abandoned in 1997 after 20 years of cyanide leaching - a method of dissolving gold from ore rocks - is still polluting the area and costing millions in public funds to monitor and treat groundwater. Pegasus Gold, the Canadian mine operator, which has since filed for bankruptcy, paid no royalties on the gold it extracted from the area, and now the Ft. Belknap Tribes of Montana, whose reservations adjoin the Little Rockies mining district, says its surface waters are showing unacceptable levels of iron, arsenic, zinc and nickel. "Our biggest...
...clear concept of where the community wants to go and how they want to go about it.” The University has already committed itself to providing residents with free math and science tutoring, beginning this spring. Additionally, Harvard has already begun making physical improvements to the area, including repairing sidewalks along North Harvard Street and Western Avenue. While residents argued over whether or not the entire $21 million would go into the neighborhood, Autler suggested that the task force re-implement issue-specific subcommittees so it can complete the discussion of community benefits...
...bomb or other attack. No explosions occurred, but without crowds, the entire event seemed merely a dress rehearsal staged for the benefit of the dignitaries and press, a marching band playing to empty streets. Military officials joked nervously about the possibility of venturing out of the secured area around Government Center to get a sense of the general turnout. American and Iraqi snipers poked above the tops of war-torn buildings for blocks in all directions. No one seemed to be taking any chances even as the event was being sold as a celebration of Ramadi's turnaround...
...never took shape. You win some, you lose some, U.S. soldiers joked. Still, nearly a week has passed without violence in Haswah. Meanwhile, the detainees remain in custody and tips from the community keep pouring in in the wake of the recent bust. On Wednesday, U.S. troops in the area were led to a cache of more than 100 copper disks, the deadly projectile component of EFPs. Military officials say it was one of the largest EFP caches found in more than a year and another big dent in the local network of Shi'ite militants bent on planting them...