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Cambridge firemen declared the building "dangerous" and told students to leave the dormitory until they could ascertain that the water would not start a shortage or fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toilet Overflows in Dorm, Students Forced to Evacuate | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

Although no fire accompanied the smoke, the alarms brought six firemen to the Plympton Street building, and students had to stand outside for five to 10 minutes while officials inspected the laundry room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Washing Machine Causes Evacuation of Old Quincy | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...velvet curtain furls like a stage partition, and in the foreground credits emerge and fade. Bobbie Vinton's "Blue Velvet" wells up, and Lynch gives us a picket fence punctuated by fat red roses. We see random shots of Lumberton, the film's seemingly idyllic smalltown locale. Big-hearted firemen wave in slow-motion, houses and trees and citizens stand their ground. Then a middle-aged man has a seizure watering his lawn. The hose spurts above him with sexual abandon, and a mongrel dog lunges on the misdirected spray. Lynch follows this with a close-up of insects teeming...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: It's a Disturbing Life | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...result, firemen and police didn't have the protective clothing and equipment they needed when an April 26 explosion tore open the plant's No. 4 reactor, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet Newspaper Blasts Chernobyl Heads | 9/25/1986 | See Source »

...hunger deepened, relief shipments remained tantalizingly close but still immobilized along the country's borders. "It's like a house that's caught fire," said Staffan de Mistura, director of operations for the United Nations World Food Program. "We see the fire. We have well-trained firemen, and we have water. We hear the screams. But we cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan Stranded Amid the Gunfire | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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