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There certainly seem to be some large holes in the ground, some big cranes on the skyline and a new way to get onto the South-East Expressway every other day. What, one may ask, are all those pile drivers, wrecking balls and backhoes doing for the common good? Get ready, because the Artery will soon be blasted up and replaced by some pretty fountains, park benches and begonias. In 1991, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, affectionately (or not so affectionately) known as The Big Dig, was started to combat ferocious traffic problems in the Boston area. The plan called...
Putting these two highway improvements in the ground of a city like Boston amounts to one of the largest and most difficult infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the country. Though facts and figures may be fascinating to the future engineers and city planners among us, not everyone wants to know the force exerted by each 24-ton steel beam in the hole at South Station. The really interesting facts surface at the site; they come from people wearing hard hats who spend hours at a time 140 feet underground. And for the guy (or girl) who still hasn't given...
...Darren Campenelli, miner and electrical engineer, there has only been one death during the entire five years of construction work. "They estimate a man every mile in these kind of jobs," Campenelli proudly pointed out, "but we've done pretty well here since the only death was above ground and the guy was hit by a pile driver...
Harvard recorded a season-high six sacks and allowed just 225 total yards, with only 50 coming on the ground. Junior Chris Nowinski and captain Brendan Bibro both had big days for Harvard. Nowinski, a defensive end, recorded four sacks and six tackles, and defensive tackles Bibro garnered a sack and six tackles...
WASHINGTON: Republicans are rubbing their heads and looking for leadership after Tuesday's political train wreck. For the first time since 1934, the party occupying the White House recorded a midterm net gain in the legislature, winning five House seats and holding their ground in the Senate. Voters were more concerned with the economy and education than with Monica Lewinsky, and appeared to rebuke the Republicans for their handling of those issues. "This was the Republicans' election to lose," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, "and it appears they have." Voters sent a strong message to Washington to back...