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...gases from a fire in an underground transmitter exploded, sending a fireball more than 70 feet in the air, said Deputy Chief Gerald Reardon of the Cambridge Fire Department (CFD). No one was injured in the blast...
...government face persecution by a wide array of bureaucratic and security agencies. Their members are often harassed and bullied if they choose not to join the official churches, and even run the risk of losing jobs and having their children barred from school. The administrators of the underground churches, and especially the Catholic Church which remains loyal to the Vatican, are often jailed or sent to labor camps; a considerable number of Catholic bishops are currently detained, while another died last year under mysterious circumstances...
...early 1998, residents rejected the original plans for the building because of its unwieldy size in comparison to surrounding buildings. Harvard responded with an alternative plan of two smaller buildings, connected by an underground tunnel. Both Coolidge Hall as well as the University Information Services (UIS) building across the street would have to be demolished with the new plan...
...read with interest The Crimson article ("Construction May Endanger Dumbarton Oaks Gardens," News, Jan. 10) regarding Harvard's plan to build an underground library beneath the garden of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. It was a fairly comprehensive article; however, it failed to make any mention of the fact that an alternative site for such a building exists, within the property holdings of Dumbarton Oaks, which would in no way disrupt the highly cherished garden designed by Beatrix Farrand...
Disturbance to the garden will extend far beyond the footprint of the building as shown on the elegant concept drawings. Furthermore, underground buildings are notoriously high maintenance. We have only to observe the "state-of-the-art" Sackler Museum here in Washington, whose handsome Enid Haupt garden is constantly being dug up to repair leaks to the roof. There are other numerous examples of failed underground buildings...