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...federal officers moved into action. They surrounded a rundown building at 248 Fourth Ave., just outside the middle-class Park Slope neighborhood, quietly evacuated 90 nearby residents and rerouted subway trains that carry 300,000 passengers every rush hour. Just before dawn, heavily armed cops swarmed into a first-floor apartment. One of the men inside reached into a bag, while another lunged for one of the officers' guns. Both men were shot repeatedly. The bag turned out to contain a powerful pipe bomb, one of several in the apartment. The suspect had succeeded in flicking one of four toggle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUBWAY SCARE: TERROR TAKES AIM AT NEW YORK | 8/11/1997 | See Source »

Twice finding its doors locked, the 100 demonstrators marched to University Hall, where they held a "millin" in the first-floor offices of Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. They left after one and a half hours, when Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University--and unofficial "troubleshooter" for the President--told them that the President would meet with representatives that evening on the 10th floor of Holyoke Center...

Author: By George T. Hill, | Title: A Takeover for African Liberation | 6/3/1997 | See Source »

...roving guard is on duty in the building after 3 p.m. Another guard is stationed in the first-floor security booth from...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Science Center Will Require ID | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

...Rick Hill sits in his family's living room and hears his pregnant wife (who asked not to be named) chasing mice around the kitchen of their first-floor apartment, it is clear that this is not Cambridge...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Rent Control's Demise: A Tale of Two Families | 1/29/1997 | See Source »

...evenings before the debate, Clinton held a mock session with smooth-talking former Senator George Mitchell, who played Dole. The main advice to Clinton: Don't let Dole drag you off the presidential pedestal, stay on your sunny message and don't bite your lip. Dole rehearsed in the first-floor ballroom of his condominium building, where the campaign set up a stage bathed in TV lights. Aides sat at a table to the side, using flashlights to signal when time was up. Playing Clinton was former actor and good ole boy Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. Dole was getting advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT | 10/14/1996 | See Source »

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