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Massachusetts Correctional Institute Bridgewater is not a hospital; it is the state's oldest and largest prison, a maximum-security fortress, the bulk of which was built nearly 100 years ago. Most of the cells have a window. If the prisoner looks through the three layers of steel and wire that shield the window, he will see a walled-in grass plot, his only change of scenery from the decaying prison. The cells were built with three-inch slits above the doors for air, but these have been sealed off so the prisoners cannot throw their shit into the corridors...
...Channel crossings as liaison between the underground and De Gaulle's London headquarters. Named army chief of staff in 1953, he made the final unsuccessful French appeal for American intervention in France's colonial war in Indochina. When Ho Chi Minh's troops overran the French fortress of Dien Bien Phu, Ely assumed command in Indochina, and it was he who announced in Saigon the Geneva accord dividing Viet Nam at the 17th parallel. He later played a key role in De Gaulle's effort to disengage from Algeria without provoking civil war in France...
...Brick Fortress. Some of the problem lies with inadequate funding. Basic supplies like pencils and paper are often unavailable. The teachers, in fact, often spend their own money for materials. But a part of the difficulty rests with the administration, which puts heavy emphasis upon business and secretarial courses at the expense of college preparation. Teachers have trouble getting permission to take classes on field trips and other broadening experiences. White-haired, avuncular Guidance Counselor Joe Crowley-who describes South Boston High as "fun, really fun"-is supposed to see each student three times a year. But Crowley also...
South Boston High's physical plant further hampers learning. A four-story brick fortress built on a hilltop in 1901, the school offers a magnificent view of Boston Harbor. But the library is only slightly larger than an ordinary classroom (and holds only about 4,500 volumes); the gym is large enough for just one basketball court-with five feet to spare; laboratories are generally ill-equipped...
...deep-set Syrian arch on the Widener side and the fortress doors that open wider than any other Harvard entrances can't prepare us for the horrors of dilapidation that wait inside. The clattering pipes, the papering done over in a demon green, the creaking stairs. The deceptiveness of time an place: no clocks, uneasy room-numberings that make us jump from floor to floor. Use of the word "egress." When H.H. Richardson designed the building in 1878 he and his associates paid careful attention to the details of the inside; and the outside, as well, was keyed to function...