Word: weres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Quake Day: In some ways the earthquake this week hit hardest some of the things which are most integral to the Northern California lifestyle: the freeway system, the Bay Bridge, a pedestrian mall in Santa Cruz. But despite the destruction (the quake was the second deadliest in U.S. history), San...
But in their zealousness, Congress went a little too far. Parts of the law were left intentionally vague to allow prosecutors free reign in their efforts to nail organized crime kingpins. There was also the valid worry that a law that singled out Italian-run organized crime would be unconstitutional...
Take the notion of being innocent until you're proven guilty. When grandstanding U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani went after partners in the Princeton/Newport investment firm on charges of securities fraud, he used RICO to freeze all the assets of the company. Soon after, they were out of business. All this...
'Not The Big One': While experts report that the earthquake which threw San Francisco and the surrounding area into turmoil this week was "not the big one" expected along the San Andreas Fault, it certainly got people thinking. In the relatively earthquake-safe environs of Cambridge, more than a few...
"We were outside the ticket entrance when the whole stadium started to shake...I first thought the whole crowd was stomping, but when I looked up I knew it was an earthquake."