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...swept away roughly half of the state's picturesque covered bridges. The steel spans that replaced them are past their expected life of 50 years, meaning that most are already in need of replacement. Meanwhile, loads across them are severely restricted. In the multiriver region of metropolitan Pittsburgh, 1,129 of the 5,000 or so bridges require repairs that would cost more than $1 billion. When loads over the Thompson Run Bridge in suburban Duquesne were reduced to five tons in 1978, the United States Steel Corp. had to detour its trucks for 26 miles, adding $1.2 million...
...point, anyway, there can be no argument. "La Belle Epoque," the new show of period high fashion organized by Diana Vreeland for New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and underwritten by Pierre Cardin, is an eyeful and a noseful. The eye is ravished by a theatrical assembly of more than 150 women's, men's and children's costumes, representing thousands of yards of fabric coaxed into stunning shape with a skill and diligence that today cannot be had anywhere outside of major surgery. The olfactory nerve, meantime, gets a good working over from...
...motivated to excel; those with less ability at least learn the basics. Like many Christian schools, the Bridgeport Academy uses a core curriculum of social studies, science, math, English and spelling interspersed with Bible teachings. The results make a strong case: at Bridgeport, eighth-grade students taking the Metropolitan Achievement Test averaged tenth-grade levels. At Nebraska's Faith Baptist, pupils scored a year ahead of their public school counterparts on the California Achievement Test...
...those on an FBI poster tacked up in the staff room. When federal agents arrived, the fugitive was at a table quietly copying names and addresses of newspapers from a reference book. The agents surrounded Lewis, who was unarmed, handcuffed him and took him to New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center, where he was held on $5 million bond...
...Metropolitan District Commission operates skating rinks in Medford, Somerville, Revere, and Newton. They are open during the afternoon and for evening sessions, each with a one-dollar admission charge--$2.75 if you rent skates as well...