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...federal and state officials tried to locate the source of the beach- defiling materials, an even more mysterious -- and perhaps more insidious -- process was under way miles off the Northeast coast. Since March 1986, about 10 million tons of wet sludge processed by New York and New Jersey municipal sewage-treatment plants has been moved in huge barges out beyond the continental shelf. There, in an area 106 nautical miles from the entrance to New York harbor, the sewage has been released underwater in great, dark clouds...
...freshman year, DePalo finished sixth in the Eastern League (EIBL) batting race with a .423 mark and helped lead Harvard to an EIBL title and the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, the Crimson was eliminated in the Northeast regional after three games...
Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and PublicPolicy Marvin Kalb disagreed, suggesting thatDukakis would fare well next November by focusingon a vice presidential nominee who could help himwin major industrial states in the Northeast andMidwest. Kalb, who hosted a series of hour-longinterviews with the primary candidates earlierthis year, said Dukakis has "got to win" New York,New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan andIllinois to have a reasonable chance at beatingBush...
Moscow kitchen workers, soldiers and maids waited in long lines at hotels to snap up costly and usually unavailable religious books, medals and icon reproductions. At the celebrated 14th century monastic center at Zagorsk, 40 miles northeast of Moscow, the crowds and food stalls lent a carnival air. An aged woman who had come from Leningrad said, "I'm no longer afraid to tell people I'm a Christian," as tears streamed down her cheeks. A young mother held the hands of her two youngsters and remarked, "I hope they can wear their crosses with pride...
...Southerner in Wolfe manifests itself in other ways and meshes well with the savvy New York mores he acquired in later life. While his writing seems the epitome of Northeast cynicism and satire--leading Harvard's Leland to compare Wolfe to an H.L. Mencken of the 1980s--in person, he has a luxurious style unique to South and to Southerners. "He is a wonderful companion and is a kind of a modern-day embodiment of a Virginia gentleman," Felker says. "He has very courtly manners combined with modern-day sensitivities...