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...Walters charged that the greater noise caused by fans on the building's roof has become unbearable. since last fall's expansion of the labs. Ms. Walter said she has even had trouble sleeping...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Labs Annoy Locals | 2/9/1994 | See Source »

Imagine the following scenario: while viewing an apartment, you are told by the housekeeper that the previous tenant tried to commit suicide and are shown the precise spot where she had jumped through the window to lacerate herself on the glass roof below...

Author: By Tilly Franklin, | Title: Cross-Dressing "Tenant" Drags | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...gorgeous country garden complete with white lawn furniture and overhanging trees. A profusion of flowers cover the black iron gates and the interior of the third set can be glimpsed through one door. If the third set, a dark oak library with men in armor and a glass domed roof, seems slightly less inventive, it is possibly because our eyes have become numbed by the magnificence that preceded...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Earnest Not Wilde Enough | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...using buzz saws and jackhammers and Swiss search dogs, and so far he has turned up nine corpses, each crushed while in bed. The coroner's car leaves but always returns. The heroics occurred earlier, when residents pried neighbors from tight spaces or let them down from the roof with knotted fire hoses. The place is crawling with reporters now from Seattle and New York City and Oslo. One asks DeFeo, "How would you describe what you've seen today, sir?" "Catastrophic," he answers flatly. "I haven't seen anything like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: Tales of the City | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

Diane Stillman is waiting. Having escaped the deathtrap of her building, she is waiting to be told how she will keep a roof over her head in the next few days, or weeks, or months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: Tales of the City | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

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