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Hartgering cited an example of a broken door that took several months to repair as proof of his claim that 70 per cent of public housing in the city is substandard...
...some places, people already were in trouble. More than 50 truckers were stranded at the Davis Arco truck stop in San Jose, Calif., without diesel fuel to continue their trips. For lack of gasoline, some 25 New Hampshire towns were without police and fire protection, garbage pickups, road repair or school transportation. Fishing fleets were idled along the Gulf of Mexico, and newly harvested potatoes sat undelivered in Maine. Even among Americans who were not yet suffering, a quiet panic was beginning to germinate. Concluded Chuck Littlefield, a Los Angeles construction worker who has a daily 72-mile round-trip...
...Catholics' chill and poignant ending, the abbot capitulates to Rome, then has to repair the shattered faith of his charges by leading them in prayer, a communal task he has long avoided. He knows, as he begins to pray, that the action will plunge his bleak but compassionate soul into an endless spiritual void. As the camera closes in on Howard's tortured, searching eyes, it captures all the anguish of the dark night of the Soul...
...apparently covered up his incompetence as well. Because his operations involved skeletal repair rather than removal of diseased organs, hospital pathologists had no indication that he was performing unnecessary surgery. In fact, in an inadvertent comment on the medical profession's ability - or willingness - to police itself, several colleagues testified at the trial that Nork had a fine reputation...
Hall said that he has begun a study of the feasibility of utilizing the heat lost in transfer from the Cambridge Electric Company to the North Yard. "The steam pipes are housed in tunnels to ease repair. Inside, the pipes act like giant radiators," Hall said. "In some places, if we just opened a door, the heat could seep into the building." Hall cited Weld Hall as an example...