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...some cities wood-bottomed sewer lines built before the Civil War are rotting and breaking. Last August, one of them yielded to a rainstorm in St. Louis, producing a 30-ft.-deep crater that swallowed part of a tavern and blocked a busy intersection for three months. A sewer line...
...others claimed that an Israeli officer said their families in southern Lebanon would be imprisoned if they did not cooperate. A few hours later, the three men were executed at the sites of the explosions. The body of one man was set afire by spectators. Above the larger bomb crater a banner was posted: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO SET CAR BOMBS...
...down or bent. Great fissures mark the walls. The clock and Scoreboard are stopped cold. Gray stones are piled like giant's chalk, where steps were, where thousands upon thousands roared for the winners. A dog scavenges in the shadows. More shots from somewhere. Near by, a bomb crater filled with water serves the people as a swimming hole...
...missile armed with a one-megaton nuclear warhead, probably launched from a Soviet submarine cruising in the North Atlantic, detonates near ground level at the Science Center. Within seconds, Memorial Hall and the Yard disappear into a crater more than 200 feet deep. The third largest library in the world is flattened, its collection buried under a thick crust of radioactive soil thrown up from the blast's hole. Little is left standing between the Quad and the Charles River...
OUTFIELD: Harvard's most underrated player last year, sophomore Bruce Weller, stepped in for the departed Charlie Santos-Buch in center field and hit 309, amassing 19 walks and a team-leading six stolen bases. He also led Crimson outfielders in fielding percentage, playing the crater-laden Soldiers Field gardens as well as anyone who tried...