Word: darkeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nine? At the end of last week, large numbers of those same citizens still could not use their refrigerators, electric pumps or televisions. While power had been restored to more than 2 million customers, some 100,000 in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts remained in the dark, and the novelty of making do had worn...
...residents of Brockton marched against the local office of Edison Electric. Rhode Island Governor Edward DiPrete ordered an investigation of utilities' storm readiness, while Long Islanders fumed over the fact that the chairman of Lilco, the often bumbling local utility, was holidaying in Europe while they groped in the dark. In desperation Lilco distributed 100 tons of dry ice to residents who were watching their food spoil. All told, Gloria did less damage than expected by meteorologists and hyperactive news organizations, but its misery was prolonged...
Joan Kennedy was once the nation's leading candidate for Wronged Woman of the Year. Long-suffering, she stood by her husband during the dark hours of Chappaquiddick. Although her marriage was deteriorating, she loyally stumped for Teddy during the 1980 primaries. It was not easy to stop being a Kennedy: the family exerted a powerful gravitational force...
...shroud? And who would Harvard students most want to see gracing their dorm walls--Mel Gibson brandishing a laser gun or James Dean brandishing a cigarette? And what picture better represents mock-native cinematic sexuality than Marilyn Monroe struggling with her out-of-control white frock over a dark subway grid? Even Madonna's hairy armpits can't compete...
Life Science Searching on BRS After Dark: workshop, Harvard's Cabot Science Library...