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...been equivalent to 'negative.' " The group filled to its assigned size of eleven negative males as soon as it was formed two months ago, and there is a waiting list for the new group that the three therapists will start as soon as they can find a roof for it (in Berkeley there are, literally, more groups trying to meet each night to support or empower each other in meditation, martial and marital arts, sword dancing and the like than there are places to put them...
...farther. We coaxed and cajoled him over almost each wave with the radio reports that the quay in St. George's had been secured by the attackers and Fort Rupert taken. U.S. ships were still visible at sea, as were the gaping holes in the green roof of the fort, which has guarded the picturesque blue-water harbor since the 18th century. Two antiaircraft guns on the ramparts were unmanned, and the harborfront seemed deserted...
...daylight in, we used a greenhouse type roof," McCue explains. "These are fine in warmer climates, but up here it makes maintenance problems very difficult...
...addition, the glass stepped roof did not allow water to run off effectively, causing pools to form...
Specifically, all this meant the roof leaked often, a problem that has been rectified by the renovations thus far (they are 95 percent complete, officials say). "Wastebaskets were used more often to collect the leaking water than for trash," remembers one harried administrator...