On the next possession, after a miss by Bill Walker, Lin found the ball again in the left corner and buried it to make it 84-71.

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Working with graduate student Qinglu Lin, Bornstein found that cities also can change regional weather patterns.

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The only downside that Lin and his team have found so far is that the nanorods can be fragile.

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The man found guilty of the hammer murders of Lin and Megan Russell and the attempted murder of Josie Russell has been refused a new appeal.

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Lin, who along with his family converted to Islam in 1983, found both spiritual and material succor in the Gulf kingdom.

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The obvious catalyst for all this is Lin, an unknown on the verge of another cruel cutting when he found himself inserted into the startling lineup and never left.

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