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...strontium 90, two radioactive particles spewed by the blaze, decay very slowly. It could take decades for the ground to be free of them. Together with the shorter-lived iodine 131, the substances promise to pose short- and long-term problems for people, crops and animals. Says James Warf, a chemistry professor at the University of Southern California: "I wouldn't be surprised if the immediate area has to be evacuated for generations...
News Editor for This Issue: Kristin A. Goss '87 Night Editor: Kristin A. Goss '87 Feature Editor: Christopher J. Georges '87 Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Nicholas S. Warf '87 Copy Editor: Anne M. Gammons '89 Photo Editors: Adina R. Chelouch '88 Roslyn L. Cole '88 Sports Editors: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Jonathan F. Putnam '88 Business Editor: Brent J. Martin...
...boasts probably one of the best, juiciest prime ribs in Boston. But beware: the waitresses are renowned for their rudeness--it's a prerequisite for the job as well as a part of the place's supposed charm. Slightly more upscale is The Chart House (60 Long Warf; Aquarium 'T' stop). The setting is warm and tasteful without pretension--wood everywhere, low lighting and not too much noise. Everything--from the clam chowder to the chocolate desserts--is solid, satisfying, and not a huge strain on the pocketbook...
Among the hardest-hit regions was northwestern Alabama. The main street of Jasper (pop. 11,300) sustained $14 million worth of damage and was practically wiped out. The city hall was demolished and the stone courthouse left close to toppling. Radio Announcer Joel Cook of station WARF gasped to listeners, "We can't talk to the police department-it just blew away." In the same region, 19 persons were killed, most of them from the small town of Guin, Ala. (pop. 2,200). Reported a state trooper after the storm: "Guin just isn't there...
...leave out the sound of the vowel: thus, Sweden, Britain, garden, vessel, are extensively pronounced Swed'n, Brit'n, gard'n, vess'l. The syllable ing they abbreviate into en. They also omit the aspirate in words beginning with wh; for example, wheat and wharf are made weat and warf." Do any traces of these peculiarities still linger among Bostonians...