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...proposed site. The Association of Engineering Geologists warned last year that an earthquake could shatter the dam, releasing a reservoir 40 miles long containing 736 billion gallons of water. The terrifying result: a 100 ft. high wall of water that would rupture other dams downstream and all but drown the Sacramento area. At last week's federal hearing on the project, Civil Engineer Harry Cedergren said that the collapse of the Auburn could "kill up to 1 million people, flood 1,000 square miles of developed land, inundate five military installations and cause $40 or $50 billion in property...
...novel's relentless japery is almost sufficient to drown out some bleak thoughts on the state of the urban world. Seen through Wren's eyes, New York City is a ruin in which civility and beauty are relentlessly stamped out. "I suspected that the entire block," he notes, "chosen because it was handsome, had been condemned for demolition and cleared of tenants." Noting that automated garages are replacing the older type, thus putting "churlish" attendants out of work, Wren comments: "One more bit of the inhumane is replaced by the non-human." The author strikes this mordant note...
During special Purim services, worshipers listen as the Rabbi reads the biblical story from the scroll of Megilah, and then make noise in an effort to drown out Haman's name when it is read...
...affected this area, Oregon, like other Northwestern states, is facing a weather crisis: a lack of rain. A state that is renowned for rain and lush green forests, a state that warns motorists of dry spots in the road, and bicycle riders not to fall off because they might drown, is facing drought. Let's hope that normal weather conditions return soon, so that "the Big Drought" won't be a future cover story...
Absorbing Entertainment. Not just women. Not only in the 19th century. For millions of people who wouldn't drown a kitten, there is still no more absorbing entertainment than the story of the killing of a human being. Who among the connoisseurs of real-life homicide could resist a title like Victorian Murderesses'? Never mind that some, having been French, were not quite Victorian, and others, having been acquitted, were not exactly murderesses. The real delight is that Historian Mary S. Hartman does more than reconstruct twelve famous trials. She has written a piece on the social history...