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...added protection against the chill of New England winters, or the heat of its summers, the building has such thermal protection as especially thick walls, recessed windows (for shade) and double-pane glass. It has other features that improve its in-habitability, including a large enclosed atrium, overlooked by interior balconies, and space for restaurants and shops, a rarity in a state building. Says Eggert: "Usually in designing an energy-efficient building, the client is the major stumbling block. But we got the go-ahead to make the building as efficient as possible...
Then there's La Presse, the main French-language daily. Not all that thick a newspaper, it still manages to go overboard on its hockey coverage. The equivalent would be The New York Times running five full pages of hockey news each...
...moment later, the terrorist detonated 12,000 Ibs. of explosives. The explosives had been wrapped around gas cylinders and placed on a 7-in. floor of concrete covered with an inch-thick slab of solid marble in order to direct the intensity of the blast upward. Even so, the explosive force drove the truck bed 8 ft. down into the earth...
...with some 500 revelers spending their Christmas bonuses early Saturday morning when the plastic curtains above the stage caught fire. Within minutes a fireball engulfed the basement dance hall, trapping many people in the cloakroom. Others suffocated or were crushed to death as they stampeded up the stairs through thick clouds of smoke toward exits that had been blocked to prevent more people from entering. The police could not immediately determine how the blaze had started. At least 78 people were killed and 25 injured. Said a Spanish newsman, who was among the first to view the horror: "I have...
...killing all 37 passengers and five crew members. In flames, the 727 skidded 500 yards down the runway before coming to a stop. Passengers, many severely wounded, tumbled out. But for nearly 20 minutes, as the injured screamed for help, rescue teams and fire-fighting crews searched through the thick fog; they were eventually led to the scene of the accident by a survivor. Said Israeli Passenger Osant Berkowich, 32: "I could hear people shouting, 'Let me out, let me out.' It was horrible." The toll: 93 dead, 30 injured...