Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with the Boston Globe, Regional EPA Chief John DeVillars said the agency is "aggressively working with communities along the Charles to systematically identify and remove sewer connections to storm drains." The Weld boathouse on Memorial Drive closed for a number of days this summer because of reports that a broken pipe in Newton spilled raw sewage into the river...
...former high school basketball star from Lithonia, Georgia, when he ignored the advice of family and friends and volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam. He lost two legs and an arm to a grenade explosion and, as he describes in his brutally honest memoir, Strong at the Broken Places, came home to battle indifferent medical care, bouts of depression and social rejection. Among the low points: going out on a date and, while crossing the street, sliding out of his wheelchair into oncoming traffic. Through sheer determination, Cleland was elected state senator from his hometown, headed up the Veterans Administration...
This year Presbyterian's contract negotiations with the nurses have broken down over language that would allow the replacement of 350 of the hospital's 1,500 R.N.s with unlicensed technicians. The hospital says it has no plans to do this, but simply wants "the flexibility to operate in today's market," explains spokesman Robert de Luna. So, apparently, did Boston's prestigious Brigham and Women's Hospital, where nurses had to threaten a walkout last week to win assurance that R.N.s will not be replaced by unlicensed personnel. Similar showdowns can be expected nationwide, says Beverly Malone, president...
...subject of broken appliances came up the other night because our television set seemed to be imploding. The closest I can come to describing what happened is to say that judging by the picture and the sound, some person or force seemed to have decided that our television set could benefit from some electroshock therapy, perhaps as a way of calming down those relentlessly chirpy people on the local news...
...want to pay the TPC's higher prices in exchange for the excellent warranty coverage they provide. If your system breaks, they offer extensive on-site and drop-in service; it's much easier to carry your broken Power Book back to TPC than to ship it home to California. If you're a computer novice, TPC's higher prices may be worth the added comfort of having repair and service handled here in Cambridge...