Several problems became harder to solve than anticipated: flooding in the basement; the elevator pit needed to be dug into bedrock; and termite damage required demolishing all walls and reinforcing sagging floors.
Modern hollow pits need only three kilograms or so of plutonium to go critical when crushed.
Many of the wells, toilets and sanitation platforms haven't been completed as hoped, because getting hold of building materials is taking longer than thought; construction methods also require patience as pits need to sink before latrines can be completed.
To dig itself out of this pit, Iraq needs to make progress on several fronts at once not just in politics but also in economics and security.
Since people would be hopping over the sides to get into the ball pit, this needs to be extra sturdy.
Ever since the tightening of security after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, scientists have worried that a scientific development would pit the need for safety against the need to share information.
To ensure the information freshness of PIT, we need to set a simple PIT updating scheme.
Democratic lawmakers from New York seized on those comments as evidence that the Bush administration was seeking to renege on the president's commitment and, in the process, pit the need to rebuild Lower Manhattan with the need to help victims.
It just seems to be a bottomless pit of need.
