Word: farness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ideal element for a hot climate, that its calm, soothing quality and quiet, constant sound would be perfect for the "contemplative area" she wanted to create in front of the center, a place that would have all the tranquillity of a Japanese garden, a place "to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality and to consider how far...
...Francisco may have established itself as the earthquake capital of the U.S., but seismologists have long warned that Los Angeles is the more vulnerable city. Because Los Angeles has not suffered a massive tremor in this century and has a much larger population, a major quake could result in far greater devastation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that an 8.3 magnitude temblor (16 times as powerful as the one that hit San Francisco) on the southern San Andreas fault near Los Angeles could cause $17 billion in property damage and between 3,000 and 14,000 deaths...
...others ephemeral. Reporters earn a bonus for each exclusive. The Times covers conservative politics well and wielded influence during the Reagan Administration. But in the age of glasnost, the paper's strident anti-Communism seems out of touch and its editors are struggling to find a new voice. So far, the results are mixed. "It's very difficult to be a tabloid, a sensationalist paper and a respectable paper at the same time," says Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution...
...reopened businesses, despite the continuing closure of the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge and two freeways. The colossal traffic jams that planners feared never developed. Tons of rubble from collapsed walls and shattered windows had been hauled off by a fleet of dump trucks that came from as far away as Palo Alto (35 miles). Virtually all San Francisco streets were open, though yellow tape still closed off hundreds of sidewalks adjacent to cracked buildings that might yet collapse. The World Series resumed Friday night at Candlestick Park, and even the tourist business showed signs of revival. To prepare...
...quake was far and away the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history in terms of dollars -- thankfully, not lives. The confirmed death toll reached 64, and seems very nearly complete. Only six people are still listed as missing; probably only one or two bodies, if any, remain to be dug out of the mangled cars on I-880. More than 3,000 people were injured and 14,000 made homeless. Estimates of property damage, however, are rising rapidly. The unofficial tally hit $7.2 billion last week, and is expected to top out somewhere between $10 billion and $12 billion -- enough...