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Despite its proud claim to the most faculty Nobels in the United States, Harvard has gone four years without winning the coveted award, the longest drought since...
After a five-year drought of Harvard Lampoon magazine parodies, would-be readers may finally head for the newsstands--an alternative version of Entertainment Weekly, courtesy of the Bow Street gang, is scheduled to go on sale November...
...water supply into the city and surrounding areas from an outlying reservoir. A new city plan proposes the building of a dam to allow more irrigation and Mulwray opposes the plan on physical principles, a view which will soon prove fatal. The thematic importance of water escalates with the drought that the region currently suffers. Water is literally life and death in Los Angeles, and to a ruthless opportunist it is a potential source of profit as well...
...people in eastern China this past weekend. During its maximum strength, it packed winds of 118 m.p.h. and caused landslides, tidal waves and flooding in more than 30 towns. Financial losses are estimated to be $1.2 billion. BTW: Other parts of China are trying to recover from a severe drought...
...second round of fierce wildfires are raging across seven drought-ridden states in the western U.S. More than 330 fire fighting crews are being deployed to battle the 320 fires reported as of this morning. Hundreds of fire engines, helicopters and air tankers are also being sent to the region, while two Marines battalions are being trained as quickly as possible. Fire is also engulfing western areas in Canada, where more than 2 million acres are ablaze...