Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case with the market, the American imagination counted its chickens in the Bay area before they cracked. Original estimates of "quake dead" (as the New York Times called them) had to be downgraded from 270 to 59. The three-digit figure was appealing to the media, but alas, not true...
...know about the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and we all know that it's supposed to happen again sometime. The epic aerial shots of the city-on-the-bay that the television networks played throughout last Tuesday evening certainly carried enough historical grandeur to fit into a future documentary on the 20th century. The World Series angle could only help: putting the Series off for more than a week nearly guarantees an historical asterisk, at least. And we were there...
...December, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will likely eliminate route 77A--which runs from the intersection of Mass Ave. and Cameron Ave. to watertown and Waverly--and route 75--which goes from Harvard Square to Huron Towers--said Peter Diamond, manager of public information...
Gale warnings were posted early yesterday, rain was heavy in some areas and one ferry was turned back because of rough waters on the San Francisco Bay, authorities said. The Union Ferry Building, the terminus of all ferries when they reach San Francisco, was closed because of high waves and the boats were diverted to a pier about a mile away...
...first ever Bay Bridge World Series pits the batting fireworks of Oakland's Bash Brothers vs. San Francisco's Sock Exchange, and Hot Dog Henderson vs. Will the Thrill...