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...French Library lent itself to one of the themes that Arnowitt himself emphasized in the program notes--the intensely personal nature of the works themselves and the private reaction that they arouse within the individual listener. However, the concert was better publicized than the organizers expected, forcing the overflow crowd to stand or sit awkwardly in the antechamber. While this might have been encouraging for the performer, greater consideration should have been given to the audience...
...create the ecological balance necessary to keep the Everglades alive. The water that replenishes the marshland once spilled out of Lake Okeechobee in a shallow sheet 50 miles wide, moving slowly south for 180 miles before emptying into Florida Bay. But since the mid-1960s, the lake overflow has been channeled through a massive flood-control project -- 1,400 miles of canals and hydraulic pumps that can drain a field or rush water to urban centers on command. Using computers, engineers now try to mimic the natural flow into the park. If water levels fluctuate even by a matter...
London hotel managers claim that Japanese guests fill up the tubs, leave the taps on, then pull out the drain plugs to ensure a constant flow of clear water. The result: heavy damage from the overflow flooding through carpets and cascading into rooms below. Says Geoffrey Gold, general manager of the Swallow International Hotel, where 20% of the guests are Japanese: "It got to the point where an average of one bathroom a day was flooded." Some hotels are warning Japanese guests that flooders will face fines; others have made a simple but costly technological adjustment: installing drains in bathroom...
...department statement said the area experienced its worst rainstorm in the last 50 years just before the crash. It said two inches of rain in six hours caused a dam to overflow, and the resulting torrent washed out supports for the bridge, which collapsed under the train's weight...
...most other University libraries must use the New England Depository Library or the Harvard Depository--storage facilities located miles off campus--for their overflow. And, although professors can recall a book from the warehouse within 24 hours, many faculty members complain that they have lost valuable aspects of their scholarship with the departure of whole library sections from The Yard...