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Thus was created the world's largest stretch of inhospitable land. Precipitation is so sparse over Antarctica's 14 million sq. km (5.4 million sq. mi.) that it is classified as one of the world's dryest deserts. Because most of the small amount of snow never melts and has accumulated for centuries, 98% of Antarctica is permanently covered by a sheet of ice that has an average thickness of 2,155 meters (7,090 ft.). That accounts for 90% of the world's ice and 68% of its fresh water. Although the sun shines continuously in the summer months...
...deceptive. While Harvard has 13 points in 12 games and the Tigers, Saints and Golden Knights have the same number in 11 efforts, Colgate has amassed its 14 points in only eight ECAC outings--which gives the Red Raiders a big head start heading into the second stretch...
...Montana's prowess, much of the 49ers' success can be attributed to the morale-boosting perks provided by owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. Until this season the 49ers were the only team in the league to fly to away games in roomy wide-body jets, giving players space to stretch and move about in. They are still the only team to billet all players one to a room on the road. DeBartolo lavishes long-stemmed roses and expensive gifts on players' wives. "It's first class all the way," says tight end Brent Jones, "like we're an extended version...
...irritating, at times humiliating and occasionally frightening. As one of a handful of prominent Prague intellectuals who chose neither to flee nor to fall silent but to fight back, Havel was jailed three times for a total of almost five years on the flimsiest of charges. One four-month stretch was served in a cell 12 ft. by 7 ft., which he shared with a burglar. A second imprisonment ended when he nearly died of pneumonia that was neglected, perhaps deliberately, by prison doctors. His last internment, four months of a scheduled eight, was in 1989 for participating...
...tough stretch run, with each team playing 10 of its 14 league games in a 29-day stretch. But anyone who's claimed the title will tell you it's worth it. Waiting at the end of the arduous road is the rosy land known as the NCAA National Championship Tournament, a motivation no other sport in the Ivy League can boast for its champion...