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...fury, Gore vetoed the idea, and to their amazement, Clinton went along. That meant that during the key session, Gingrich, Armey and Dole would have to leave the room to consult with their colleagues. As they headed down Pennsylvania Avenue under darkening skies, the forecast was for a crippling snow. Like many in the city, no one in their group knew how bad the storms would...
...Eastern states early last week? So big that in each new place it bulldozed over, it toppled a different historical precedent. In New York City they compared it to the great storm of 1947. In Boston it was the blizzard of 1978. In Raleigh, North Carolina, the snow of 1989. That won't happen next time. Whenever they do their recollecting, January 1996 will be the Last Big Storm for the entire East Coast...
...heart attacks triggered by Sisyphean shoveling. Bill Clinton called the storm a "national disaster" and promised federal relief. In the New York region alone, an estimated $1 billion was lost to interrupted business and cleanup costs.Every region got more than it was prepared for. An inch of icy snow sufficed in Atlanta, where tractor-trailers skidded across highway lanes and the indoor Peachtree Center shopping area became deserted...
...trains, no cabs, no nothin'--just snow," grumped a Manhattanite. Declared another: "I got here--that's enough. You want me to work too?" In fact, commuters in several cities never got there at all, stranded overnight in trains. Some of the week's cheerier air travelers ran luggage-cart races during enforced overnight stays in terminals up and down the coast. Many of the surlier ones, it seemed, were packed onto United Flight 801 from New York City to Tokyo, whose captain reportedly had to threaten arrest to maintain order when the plane was delayed 7 1/2 hours...
Light designer Hilary Snow '97 further concentrates the gaze of the audience onto the women through the effective use of lighting. Often, the sheer intensity of the spotlight creates a starkness, in sharp contrast to the outpouring of emotion on stage, which draws the audience in inexorably...