Word: decks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evacuation came after a cement column fell from the structure and new cracks were discovered in the previously stable section of double-deck freeway...
Engineer Steven Whipple, hailed as a hero of the rescue, said he was checking the fallen double-deck free-way for stability on Saturday when he spotted the back of Helm's head with his flashlight, and then saw a hand wave...
...yesterday, rescuers had pulled out 23 bodies from the wreckage of the collapsed double-deck section of Interstate 880 across the bay in Oakland. In addition, at least 20 others were killed elsewhere in Northern California. About 2000 people were injured, officials said...
This turns out to be T.R. (Tyler Rose), the only child of Deck's only marriage. She has read in Parade magazine that he is "the richest writer in the world" and has decided to lay some expensive guilt on him for 22 years of neglect. He -- as hapless as any sitcom daddy -- rushes off to rescue her from her low-rent life in Houston. When he gets there, he finds that his daughter is a foul-mouthed, dope-smoking mother of two small children, both of whose fathers are in prison...
Improbably, Deck finds his daughter enchanting. T.R. is movie-cute, meaning that an accomplished actress might make her hideously egocentric behavior appealing to an audience that knew it would all be over in two hours. Readers, facing a longer haul, may be excused for waiting for the film...