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According to Heymach, Robbins was not to be seen for the next three days. Finally, he called all of Robbins’ friends, eventually reaching his roommate’s parents down in Rhode Island...
...time the door fell off the bus while we were driving,” said Joanna J. Parga ’07, a Long Island native and a frequent Fung Wah patron, with a laugh. “Another time, they tried to open the door but couldn’t, and we had to drive in circles until they got some guys...
...again. Cary A. Wiesner West Branch, Iowa, U.S. Indonesia Is Struck Again Your World Watch item on the suicide bombing in Jakarta made it clear that terrorism is still prevalent in Indonesia [Sept. 20]. That attack came less than two years after the October 2002 bombing on the resort island of Bali that killed 202 people. Indonesians today are praying for peace in the region and an end to terrorist activities. The devastation in Indonesia has shocked the world and clearly shows that Muslim nations are also strongly affected by terrorism the same way other countries are. Peace is something...
Shishmaref is melting into the ocean. Over the past 30 years, the Inupiaq Eskimo village, perched on a slender barrier island 625 miles north of Anchorage, has lost 100 ft. to 300 ft. of coastline--half of it since 1997. As Alaska's climate warms, the permafrost beneath the beaches is thawing and the sea ice is thinning, leaving its 600 residents increasingly vulnerable to violent storms. One house has collapsed, and 18 others had to be moved to higher ground, along with the town's bulk-fuel tanks...
...erosion of the island, now only a quarter-mile wide, is not the only ominous sign that large changes are afoot. The ice-fishing season that used to start in October has moved to December because the ocean freezes later each year. Berry picking begins in July instead of August. Most distressing for the Inupiaq is that thin ice makes it harder to hunt oogruk--the bearded seal that is a staple of their diet and culture. At the Nayokpuk Trading Co., where infant formula sells for $21 a package and the only eggs for sale, sent by bush plane...