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...unit of Valmont Industries, based in Omaha, Neb., received a request for a 115-ft. saguaro cactus, which would have been triple the plant's natural height. "You'd turn around and run if you saw something like that," says the company's tree specialist, Jim Casqueiro. The solution: split the coverage area and build two 50-footers instead...
...Lien Chan stood for election in 2000 and did badly, scoring 23% of the vote, but he might run again. KMT defector James Soong also has presidential ambitions, and he nearly beat Chen in 2000 as a third-party candidate. If Soong runs, Ma's support would be split. "If there are two sets of can-didates," Ma tells TIME, "we will only repeat the defeat of two years ago." Is that the sound of the 2004 starting...
...late November killed more than 120 civilians whom they suspected of colluding with rebels. Reports from the village of Monoko-Zohi indicated that body parts could be seen protruding from a 28-m-long shallow grave. If verified, it would be the worst civilian massacre since a rebellion split the nation into military- and rebel-held zones three months ago. MEANWHILE Jailhouse Mock For Russians, the very mention of the Perm-36 workcamp sets off an involuntary shiver. The notorious Soviet gulag in the Urals housed political prisoners like Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky. The camp has now reopened...
...Crimson split its series with Yale last season, winning 4-3 at home before dropping a heartbreaker late in the season at New Haven by the same score. Yale sophomore sensation Christopher Higgins scored twice in the final three minutes to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 come-from-behind win. Higgins—recently chosen for the US Junior National team—was last year’s ECAC Rookie of the Year, and Harvard knows his skills all too well...
Students at the two closed schools would be split up across the district, although some spots would be reserved for them in the buildings that housed their former schools. Many parents said they support their current “neighborhood” schools and fear having to bus their children across the city...