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Science 8 November 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5596, pp. 1201 - 1202
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5596.1201
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Leaning Tower Poses a Technical and Political Challenge

Andrew Lawler

JAM--Unknown to the West until the 1950s, the Minaret of Jam has miraculously survived earthquakes, Genghis Khan, and a flood this spring that nearly toppled the intricately decorated 12th century structure. Keeping it from collapsing, however, is no simple matter in a country plagued for 2 decades by poverty, war, and chaos.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)