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Oakland has been slower than San Francisco to clean up. The 1 1/4-mile section of I-880 that collapsed, killing 42 people at the height of the evening rush hour, is long gone. But all over the city hundreds of small businesses remain boarded up, their plywood storefronts covered with layers of graffiti. Half a dozen residential hotels and more than 1,000 low-income rental units were lost in the quake, creating a severe shortage of affordable housing...
...third game saw the Lions break out to an early 6-2 lead. However, the Crimson snuffed out any Columbia comeback hopes reeling in the game, 16-14, behind four key blocks by Mary Kroupa. At no point was Harvard's height advantage more obvious, as the undermanned Lions tried to hit through the much taller Harvard blocking line to no avail...
...CSCE, as its name suggests, has been simply a conference, its duties, membership and even its full title a mystery to most Americans and Europeans. CSCE includes all European states except Albania, plus the U.S. and Canada. It met first in Helsinki in 1975 -- at the height of detente -- to sign a nonbinding declaration of principles focused on nonaggression, human rights and economic cooperation. Since then, there have been three review conferences, but CSCE has never acquired a staff or even a mailing address. The foreign ministers agreed last week that the Paris summit should establish a permanent CSCE secretariat...
Flames melted the van's roof and rose to the height of second story windows in Cabot House, though no damage occurred outside the vehicle...
...height of his power in the Roaring Eighties, Charles Keating commanded an estimated $100 million personal fortune, controlled $1 billion in financial assets and counted a handful of U.S. Senators among his powerful buddies. Last week he stood as a wretched symbol of the past decade's financial follies. After the former owner of California's bankrupt Lincoln Savings and Loan was indicted on 42 counts of criminal fraud and was unable to raise the $5 million bail, police handcuffed and jailed him. California alleges that Keating bilked investors who bought $250 million of now virtually worthless junk bonds...