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...little as 30 feet at one go, or as much as 200 feet, we have to look ahead of us closely and sweep the way clear always wondering, where's our enemy?" Air support often proves decisive. "These massive bombs are dropped and when we advance again the tunnel mouths are sealed and they can't shell us anymore," says one soldier. Success is coming one rock at a time. Says one weary Afghan soldier riding a truck back to Gardez, "They are fighting to the death, it's what they want...
...retinitis pigmentosa caused the rod and cone cells in her retina to degenerate. When rod and cone cells die off, the retina is rendered insensitive to light and the result is blindness. Marie's case followed the typical pattern. First her rod cells went, leaving only a slim tunnel of vision through which she could still manage to recognize objects and read with difficulty. But then as her cone cells failed, this last narrow window on the world snapped shut and she was left completely blind - even though her retina retained a healthy connection to the visual centers...
...tunnel action is shared by a few Rafah clans. The stretch of border by Block O is tunneled by the Shouarahs; the Akhras clan digs beneath Block J. Most tunnels are terrifyingly narrow--2 ft. by 2 ft.--built without supports, and increasingly long, airless and dangerous. You would have to be desperate to claw your way through the earth like this. But with unemployment at 65%, Rafah isn't short of despairing men. The tunnels are their best hope. "This town would be a disaster if you couldn't smuggle across the border," says Fayez, a bootlegger who declines...
...dilapidated Hasty Pudding Building (a project now expected to cost well over $10 million) and ruminated to the Faculty about converting the Inn at Harvard into academic space. And then there is the slow to happen Center for International and Government Studies with its controversial and expensive underground tunnel, where just the permit to dig the thing will cost...
...well-being is important. Reasonable amounts of office space for Harvard’s vibrant student groups are important. And a central gathering spot, accessible to the College 24 hours a day is important. As important, if not more so, than new classrooms, renovated labs or a fancy tunnel...