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...advised by the operator to stay on the line, but Nicole fell silent as Simpson continued to rage. Garbled expletives could be heard. L.A. district attorney Gil Garcetti, who criticized the release of the tapes, says he will meet no more media requests for information. He claims the official blackout will help ensure a fair trial...
...government enforced a blackout at night toprotect the coast from air attack, she recalls,and the walk home from the library at night waspitch black...
Furthermore, this was not the first blackout at Tufts in recent years. Students at Tufts said there have been blackouts on campus during their exams. A blizzard a couple of years ago halted a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) at Tufts. Of course, there is reason behind this statistical improbability: Tufts is located at the highest point in the Boston area and is specially susceptible to power outages...
What's worse, the mere thought of Tufts as a testing site doesn't sit well with last year's proctor--for reasons independent of the Blackout misfortune. Paula Kaplan, the proctor, who is working toward a Ph.D. in biology at Tufts, has given the test there for four years. "Our building where we give the test isn't great in terms of seating and lighting. We don't have any better area to administer it because we don't have great facilities...
...more suggestion--bring a hardhat with a flashlight if you can. Even if you don't have a blackout or even bad lights above you, it might inject a little humor into your otherwise treacherous...