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...family's fears, saying it must be only one of the weekly U.S. military exercises. Suddenly, an earth shaking VAROOOM! rattled our flimsy home. I immediately jumped from my chair and started running through the rice fields and over the railroad tracks until I was standing on the shore with the water lapping at my slippers. Across lay Pearl Harbor...
...went up in flames, soon blackened by huge funnels of clouds shooting skyward. The West Virginia and the California started to explode in a chain reaction. I soon heard the rat-tat-tat of machine guns and squads of planes starting to dive-bomb the destroyers and cruisers nearest shore. I saw a large plane fly low over the water from the direction of Honolulu into battleship row and drop a torpedo toward the middle of the ships. The plane then turned toward Aiea, my hometown, hugging the surface of the water to avoid antiaircraft fire. As the plane flew...
...impeccably connected, he personified Italy's growing postwar affluence. But by the end of his life, his family's affairs were a mess. In the two months since his death, his brother Umberto, 68, has stepped out of the shadows and is moving swiftly to realign management and shore up the finances of the Agnellis' prize asset, the 104-year-old automaker Fiat, which posted a $4.6 billion loss last year...
...depth at the back, new coach Mark Mazzoleni turned to Kim and asked him to switch to defense. It wasn’t the first time Kim changed positions for his team—as a senior in high school, Kim’s coach moved him back to shore up a shaky defense...
Multipurpose is the key word for the new laundry room. Mariana Fischer of Key Biscayne, Fla., added a bed and bath to hers, so it doubles as an extra guest room. Chris Schwartz's laundry room on Chicago's North Shore is "basically the think tank of the house," she says. It has areas for dog grooming, food preparation, flower arranging, gift wrapping and computing. The family's three bichons frises live in gated homes beneath the soapstone counters...