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Down below, in the occupied floors, the building will incorporate a whole spectrum of new, post-9/11 defensive features. Exit stairways will be wider and will open directly onto the street. There will be dedicated stairwells for use by fire fighters. Air filters will block chemical or biological agents. The building "core"--the part surrounding elevators, stairwells and safety systems--will be solid concrete, not steel girders of the kind at the Trade Center that were easily sliced by the intruding planes. "There are many ways," says Childs, "that this building is responding to the exact event that caused...
...their independence from Britain. Down below, in the occupied floors, the building will incorporate a whole spectrum of new, post-9/11 defensive features. Exit stairways will be wider and will open directly onto the street. There will be dedicated stairwells for use by fire fighters. Air filters will block chemical or biological agents. The building "core" - the part surrounding elevators, stairwells and safety systems - will be solid concrete, not steel girders of the kind at the Trade Center that were easily sliced by the intruding planes. "There are many ways," says Childs, "that this building is responding...
...Hanging with the Heroes,” the name of Disney’s block of hero cartoon shows, is the perfect escape for the burnt-out college student. The medium of animation allows for imaginative freedom from reality. Aladdin elicits the help of a genie and a magic carpet to outwit murderous mud monsters. A young Hercules battles giant spiders and multiple-headed lions. Kim takes down colossal robots and magma guns...
...After this race I’m going to try and get over the mental block I have with the run,” she said. “As my teammate passed me, I thought, ‘That’s okay. She’s a better runner.’ And I can’t do that any more...
INJURED. MANUTE BOL, 41, 7-ft. 7-in. former NBA center who in 1984 left his Sudanese tribe to play ball in the U.S. and went on to block more shots per minute than anyone else in league history during 11 seasons with four teams; when the taxi in which he was riding hit a guardrail and swerved across two lanes before hitting a rock ledge and rolling over, killing the driver and throwing Bol from the car; in Colchester, Conn. He sustained a serious head injury...