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...last light of evening still glowed on the Volga River, but few passengers aboard the cruise ship Alexander Suvorov were paying much attention. Most of the travelers had crowded into a large room on the uppermost deck to watch a movie. They never saw the end. While navigating a narrow channel near Ulyanovsk (pop. 650,000), the river port 425 miles east of Moscow where Lenin was born, the vessel apparently rammed into a railroad bridge with such force that the entire top section of the boat was sheared off. The number of casualties is still not certain...
...Alexander Suvorov could carry as many as 468 passengers, so the death toll may be higher. According to another unconfirmed report, a freight train was crossing the bridge at the time of the crash and several cars toppled off, possibly crashing through to the ship's jammed upper deck. Witnesses claim that only 40 people were rescued. Said a distraught resident of Ulyanovsk: "There is great chaos in the city. People are crying in the streets...
...scene from Damn Yankees, Kittle played Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo., hitting so many batting-practice homers that witnesses now insist the hits were all homers and five of them landed in the upper deck. He was packed off smartly to the minor leagues. The only question: Why had Kittle hit so poorly in the Dodger organization? The answer was that he had a broken neck. That is, without realizing it, he had two crushed vertebrae that pinched a nerve in his neck and numbed his right arm. On his own he underwent a spinal fusion in 1978. How Kittle...
...scene on an observation deck at Newark International Airport last Thursday night was steeped in irony. Newark-based People Express, the cost-conscious, no-free-food airline that is sometimes called the McDonald's of the skies, was throwing a bash for employees, passengers and anyone else who dropped by. Champagne flowed and tables were covered with such treats as candied kiwi fruit, Brie and salmon mousse...
...writing this letter to warn female undergraduates of the harassment and exploitation which is part of some summer employments. Accepting a position as a deck hand and domestic helper should not subject a female employee to degrading glances, stray hands, or more direct approaches in manipulated, one-on-one encounters. Don't be lured into a false sense of security or immunity by a man's credentials. Happily married, distinguished Harvard alumni, in the luxury of their secluded summer homes, can be found guilty of such offenses. In a previous summer position, such a man proved this...