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...could be traced to the storm. At least half a million people were forced to flee exposed homes for inland sanctuaries or public shelters in schools and armories. There were widespread power failures that left more than 2.75 million customers without electricity, some for several days. Long Island, N.Y., smack in the path of Gloria's worst, for the most part suffered little but toppled poles and trees and smashed windows. All along the storm's route there were phone lines down, steeples and trees felled, cars bashed by limbs, roadways flooded, some roofs dislodged, boardwalks buckled, beaches undermined...
Richard Nicholson '86's conure bird found flying high more difficult. Nicholson was studying in his room one day last year when he heard his conure fluttering around in the other room, and "then a smack and no noise." He ran into the other room and started looking for the bird who had mysteriously disappeared...
Meanwhile, Baker stationed herself smack in the middle of the box, and grounded Garibaldi's ball in from about 15 yards...
...picked up an important echo that was probably associated with the Titanic. Armed with that information, Knorr scientists decided to deploy Argo at that spot. In less than a week, the researchers received the first dim video images of the Titanic that they had been praying for. "We went smack-dab over a gorgeous boiler," crowed Ballard to the Canadian television network CTV. "It was just bang, there we were...
...judge from the kiss, they like wedded bliss. In fact Charles and Diana were osculating all over the British tabloids last week. The princess awarded her prince a relieved smack when he led his polo team to victory at a benefit match after his horse stumbled and nearly landed on top of him. The next day he lost, but fair maiden rewarded him nonetheless. As Britons sighed over their still astonishingly golden couple, someone did happen to notice a diamond ring given to Diana by Louis Gerard, a Paris jeweler who sponsored the polo benefit on behalf of Birthright...