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...Grozny three times, despite Russian President Boris Yeltsin's public order Wednesday to halt furtherair raids on Chechnya's ruined capital. At least one bomb hit the tall concrete building squarely, setting off a fire on the upper floors, but claiming no casualties as Chechen officials kept to the basement and first floor. (Chechnya's president, Dzhokhar Dudayev, reportedly is concealed in a bunker elsewhere.) TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan says the action by the Russian military -- who are no nearer to containing the crisis -- suggests Yeltsin's authority is in jeopardy. "There are serious questions that have...
...matter of days, sources tell Zarakhovich. Today also brought news of a near-tragedy of ghastly proportions as an orphanage in Grozny was destroyed by an air raid -- even though yesterday Yeltsin pledged to limit civilian casualties. All 47 children escaped death by hiding in a basement bomb shelter. Chechen officials claim that 200 people have died in the fighting.Despite the continued ferocity of the attack and the fact that it's reminiscent of the long and bloody Afghanistan conflict, Yeltsin has not been the target of any major public protest, says Zarakhovich. Why? "Here people are so used...
Most of the renditions have an engagingly primitive sound; it's as if the boys told themselves, "Let's get on the radio, pretend it's John's basement and have some fun." Sometimes they fiddle with (or bollix up) the chord structure of the original tune. On a few songs they finesse the lyrics (George's vocal on Roll Over Beethoven alters "Dig these rhythm and blues" to "Dig these heathen blues") or finically polish the grammar (John's "You've really got a hold on me"). Some of their covers (Young Blood, Johnny B. Goode) sound sluggish, anemic...
...could put an atom into your hand for every second since the world began, and you would have to squint to see the dot of atoms in your palm." Some men offer their beloved the moon. Kerner offers his a speck in her palm -- a glimpse into the micro-basement of the universe -- and she is enchanted. And the audience...
...distinguishing characteristic of theater at Harvard is how practically any space can be transformed into a stage. The production of Lifeboat in the Cabot Underground Theatre is an example of this. The room is a small basement, not recommended for the claustrophobic. The eponymous hexagon-shaped boat eerily resembled a coffin without...