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...cable to U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Amin declared that Hitler had been right about the Jews because "the Israelis are not working in the interests of the people of the world, and that is why they burned the Israelis alive with gas in the soil of Germany." He once admired the Israelis. Only a year ago, while visiting Jerusalem, the Moslem Amin had asked the Israeli air force to fly him to Mecca. Since then, however, after receiving a promise of aid from Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, he has expelled all Israelis from Uganda, including military advisers that...
Venera confirmed readings by earlier Soviet and U.S. missions indicating that the temperature on the surface of Venus is about 880° F-hot enough to melt lead. The spacecraft also revealed that Venusian surface material is only about half the density of soil on earth...
Once the digging began, new problems and complaints arose. Since Back Bay is all built on land that was reclaimed last century from the Charles River Basin-really a swamp filled with sand and gravel-digging into the unstable soil disrupted nearby areas. Streets and sidewalks rose and fell, sometimes as much as six feet, pinching and twisting telephone, electric and gas lines. Several water mains broke. As a result, the city and local utilities are suing Hancock for some...
According to Bowyer, Kennedy Corporation officials had planned to use piles now supporting MBTA buildings for the related structures. In May, however, soil engineers working with architect I.M. Pei found the old piles to be useless and new piles prohibitively expensive. Consequently, Bowyer said, related structures aside from a restaurant and souvenir shop would be a 'second-stage' project, when more money will be available...
...third highrise will loom on Boylston St., midway between the Kennedy Center and the center of the Square. Soil engineers, contracted by Cambridge landlord Max Wasserman, are testing the peat and clay subsoil to determine what size structure the ground can economically support. The land is zoned for both office space and housing; given the relative surplus of office space in the Boston area, the choice will probably be housing...