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Green.view: The price of glitz

Jul. 27, 2009
All that glisters is not greenGOLD is prized because it is both beautiful and scarce. Just 161,000 tonnes of it has been mined in the history of the world: barely enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools. And because it is so scarce, it is worth digging out a lot of rock to get at it, and...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler