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...time could imagine. One of the architects of the project was Paul Russell, who headed the Bureau of Mines facility and later studied the impact of nuclear explosions on underground structures. Among the few men still alive who assisted Russell and others on the project is Gilbert Fowler, now 80. For three decades, from 1938 to 1969, Fowler worked at Mount Weather, helping both to dig the original mine and to complete its transformation into the secret complex. Crews worked around the clock for three years, blasting and excavating in a damp but constant temperature of 52 degrees F. Fowler...
Several underground ponds were carved from solid rock -- some of them, according to Fowler's estimates, were 10 ft. deep and 200 ft. across. One was to be a reservoir for drinking water; others were used to cool the air pumped through the complex's massive mainframe computers to prevent them from overheating. Side tunnels were dug, and more than 20 cavernous offices were put in, some shored up with concrete. To withstand the severe exterior shock of a nuclear blast, the roof areas of the tunnels and rooms were reinforced with 21,000 iron bolts sunk...
...Earlimart, 15 miles from McFarland, six children have been diagnosed with cancer since 1988; the rate in Earlimart is 1200 percent the expected rate. One of these children, Monica Tovar, died earlier this year. Seven children in Fowler, another grape-growing community, have been diagnosed with cancer since 1984. The World Institute estimates that toxic pesticides poison over 300,000 farm workers in the United States every year...
...loss to Boston University in its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The game brought an end to the most successful season the Crimson has had in the history of the program. It was the last game for the seniors on the squad: LOREN AMBINDER, CECI CLARK, KRISTEN FOWLER, BECKEY GAFFNEY, TINA LAWLER, CHRISTINA PAGLINALUAN, and LISA YADAO. In the past four years these women have led Harvard (13-4-2 overall in 1991) out of the depths of the Ivy cellar, winning the Ivy League and Boston Four titles, as well as garnering the team's inaugural National Tournament berth...
...biggest factors for the Crimson will be the play of Yadao and the effectiveness of its main corner players, Ambinder, Clark and Fowler...