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Overall, however, Boiling Point solidly persuades us that what Bill Clinton made a campaign of saying--that the middle class got the shaft during the '80s--was in fact true...
Accounts of the execution agree that the victims were shot, but vary as to what happened to the bodies. Among the reports: they were doused with sulfuric acid, cremated or tossed into a mine shaft. The research team found some evidence to support parts of the stories. The teeth and bones, for instance, show etching and whitening indicative of acid. One surprise was that Czar Nicholas appeared to have had little dental care and suffered from severe periodontal disease. The Czarina, on the other hand, had highly sophisticated dental work, including porcelain crowns...
...Weld construction is a colossal project in large part because of the elevator shaft. Next year, Weld Hall will be the only fully handicapped-accessible dorm in the Yard. The tall stairs--four painful, thigh-burning flights that made my roommates and I wheeze and puff for an entire year--will no longer block students from visiting any Weld rooms...
...massive construction effort in WeldHall--which won't be completed until thiswinter--will add an elevator shaft, making theentire dorm handicapped-accessible. Crews willalso refurbish Weld's interiors and exteriors, addnew heating and electrical systems, replace thewindows and strip most linoleum from the hardwoodfloors, Lichten said...
...future (to use Gore-esque imagery) remains as dark as a mine shaft, humankind has at least begun to notice the alarming accumulation of dead canaries about its feet. In part because of his son's accident -- and perhaps in part because of George Bush's overwhelming popularity in the polls after Desert Storm -- Al Gore decided to sit out the 1992 campaign. Instead of Gore for President, the public has his book, which is itself an act of leadership...