Word: pit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ever since, waters from the surrounding bedrock and a maze of old mine tunnels and shafts have been rushing in and reacting with the ores to form a toxic soup that rises steadily, year after year, like water in a vast bathtub. It's the Berkeley Pit, and it's a man-made wonder of horrific proportions--an oval lake of acidic mining residues so deep that it could swallow an 80-story skyscraper...
...those rising waters--26 billion gal.--lap menacingly just blocks from the center of town and 360 ft. below the rim of the pit, threatening one day to spill into an underground aquifer and send a tide of contaminants seeping into neighborhoods and creeks across the Summit Valley. Some people are concerned about a shroud of morning mist and fog--a product of the lake--that envelops parts of the town. "All that moisture has to be carrying bad things in it," says worried restaurateur Buck Loomis...
...Being informed of it 10 days before the move-pit was frustrating," said the second co-director, a junior...
...spring, TheaterWatch was solicited for the following suggestions. Hello, I am TheaterWatch. This season, look forward to pressing the # key. Hee-hee. That's right. The spring shall bring #, a play co-written by J. Eric Marler (GSAS) whom we once saw wowing audiences from his desk at the pit of the valley created by stacked rafters in Leverett Old Library. Wry, clever, fresh humor and a ruthlessly deadpan delivery marked Posthumous Improvisations, his one-man show of trials and tribs. Will # live up to this? Stay tuned. I am TheaterWatch. Thank you. I am TheaterWatch...
...result, I have tried to remain realistic when planning the aesthetic theme of my spacious room in Currier this year. Long ago I tossed out the idea of having a giant foam pit in the corner of my room for frolicking. I also decided that a real waterfall with running water would take too much time to construct. And sadly, I have yet to find an antique Victorian mini-bar--with lots of compartments, mirrors and lighting--at the flea market. So much for those ideas...