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...process that might be called municipal triage. The foul waters will have plenty of time to ruin houses' and other buildings' insulation and wiring. Masonry structures will probably survive the flooding. The worst hit can be stripped back to the concrete, power washed and resurfaced. But a great many wooden structures--meaning most of the city's housing stock--will be bloated wrecks subject to mildew and collapse...
...yoga teacher sits in a lotus position atop a polished wooden platform. Behind her, verdant woods are visible through panoramic windows. Gentle music tinkles from overhead speakers. Two dozen students in spandex outfits, most of them women, settle onto purple and blue mats to begin the class with ujjayi, a breathing exercise. Their instructor, Cindy Senarighi, recommends today's mantra. "'Yahweh' is a great breath prayer," she says. "The Jesus Prayer also works. Now lift your arms in praise to the Lord...
Jumping on this trend for fall may be as simple as tossing some strings of wooden beads over a T shirt or a '70s knit cardigan with a belt over a school uniform, given that floppy hats and supersize sunglasses may not pass any classroom dress code. "When school starts, I'll carry my big backpack again," says Gross, who toted a droopy canvas bag all summer. "It ruins the outfit, but what are you going...
...tends to overarticulate. It would be only slightly unfair to compare him with the Simpsons character Martin Prince. His hobbies include making his own medieval weaponry. "I've been working on a chain-mail hauberk," he says, walking in the mountains above his parents' house. (He carries a wooden stick in case he runs into a rattlesnake.) "I need to get back on that." He weighs in on the virtues of alternating welded and riveted links in chain mail. He's the kind of Christopher you can't really imagine ever calling Chris...
...John F. Kennedy, was running slowly on one engine - to avoid detection - in the Blackett Strait, off Kolombangara Island. Its mission, like that of other PT boats, was to harass a fast-moving convoy of Japanese supply ships. On a moonless night, with little warning, Kennedy's 25-m wooden boat was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. PT 109 burst into flames, two men were killed, and the 11 surviving crew members had to abandon the boat. Four hours later, after swimming almost 5 km, the men reached Plum Pudding Island, since renamed Kennedy Island. Though well sheltered...