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Terrorist bombings have become familiar events to everyone but survivors near by. For them, something in reality irrevocably snaps in the explosion: "All they could speak of, if they could speak at all, was the road tipping, or a chimney stack silently lifting off the roof across the way, or the gale ripping through their houses, how it stretched their skin, thumped them, knocked them down, blew the flowers out of the vases and the vases against the wall. They remembered the tinkling of falling glass all right, and the timid brushing noise of the young foliage hitting the road...
...similar styles of hockey, stressing the skating and passing game. The Wildcats place more emphasis on dogged fore checking, though, while Harvard holds an edge ion the defensive department UNH netminder. Todd Pearson is reputed to be a good pressure goalie though his goals against (3.57) doesn't quite stack up to Grant Blair...
While others like Billy wait outside, Stewart Guernsey moves around in the basement downstairs. His faded blue overalls drag on the ground as he pulls out mattresses from a stack in the corner, sorts through bedding and organizes a staff of volunteers. With his unassuming manner and style of dress, few would distinguish him from the frequenters of the shelter. Even fewer would guess that he is a first-year Harvard Divinity School student...
...really caught unawares. I wish him another 25," said Mel Dorfman, perhaps the most "regular" of Tommy's regulars. A familiar sight with his black beret, white beard, and stack of used books, Dorfman has eaten one or two meals in the luncheonette every day for the last three years; he said he has been dropping by "off and on" for the last...
...level has no carrels. They hunched over between two stacks, discussing their fast diminishing options. Jack wanted to play it bold and take the horrendously clanking elevator all the way up to Five--"It's like James Bond, it suits my image." Jill thought it was too dangerous. While they were debating it, the light suddenly went on in the stack next to them. Mindlessly, they hightailed it around the stack and managed to keep the obstacle between them and the janitor, who heard the racket but was able to catch only a glimpse of Jill...