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...couldn't drag her anymore. She buried herself right there on the beach. Broke up under her own weight. The sand really did close up over her. I found the mound it made years later and dug. You could still smell the wet wood in the discolored sand underneath. But there was no boat there any more. Reduced to tiny particles. It's what happens to man-made things, around salty water...
...around 4 degrees Celsius on the lake at 5.30 am on Wednesday, making it the coldest morning of the year in these parts. Wrapped in several layers of clothing, the fisherman was startled by splashing noises coming from underneath his craft, then alarmed by a recurring thudding sound, as though something were striking it. Having rushed to one side of the boat, he peered down to see a gigantic fish trapped...
...tore out all its courts and planted a new variety of groundcover. The new grass was 100% perennial rye; the old courts had been a mix of 70% rye and 30% creeping red fescue. The new lawn was more durable, and allowed Wimbledon's groundsmen to keep the soil underneath drier and firmer. A firmer surface causes the ball to bounce higher. A high bounce is anathema to the serve-and-volley player, who relies on approach shots skidding low through the court. What's more, rye, unlike fescue, grows in tufts that stand straight up; these tufts slow...
...sorry my generation didn’t advance civilization further for you, and left you with many of the same problems,” she said underneath a tent on Baker Lawn. “It will be hard and stressful, but you are a competitive bunch. You can do it better, and you have...
...would happily take one more Cyclone Nargis in place of this regime of military dictators; they are still the Public Enemy No. 1. Their response to the cyclone has nakedly shown to the world the extent of their greed and stupidity. One can only hope that the soldiers serving underneath these thugs will at some point say, for the good of the country, Enough is enough. Kyaw Kyaw, Penang, Malaysia...