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However, when Goswami spoke to the superintendents of the Yard and Union, they found an underground conduit through which the cable could be fed with minimal drilling, resolving concerns over the building's historic status and reducing installation costs greatly...
...agents watching held out one last hope. As the flames rose higher and higher, they remembered the school bus. A social worker sent in months before to check on the safety of the children had been shown an old bus, stripped of its seats, buried underground, to be used as a bunker. Maybe the children were safely sealed inside, agents thought. So the moment the faded red pumper trucks pulled in, the team leader grabbed his gas mask and his M-16 and led 16 men around the blaze to a concrete pit filled with thigh-deep water fouled with...
...Carolina agriculture department, which recently ordered Crystal Geyser and seven other bottled waters, including the popular Naya and Poland Spring brands, removed from store shelves in that state because of "false and deceptive labeling." Instead of tapping a free-flowing spring, said the department, the bottlers drilled holes into underground wells and mechanically pumped out water. Says the department's legal-affairs director, David McLeod: "You can't sell well water as spring water in this state...
...bottlers, however, led by the International Bottled Water Association, are lobbying for a more liberal interpretation, which would include water collected from underground springs using drilled holes. Such companies as McKesson (producer of the Sparkletts, Alhambra and Crystal labels) and Evian argue that boreholes are just another way of extracting water of the same quality. With boreholes, water can be pumped out in much higher volume and at lower cost. Says Kim Jeffery, president of Perrier Group of America (Poland Spring, Calistoga, Arrowhead, Great Bear, Volvic): "Whether you deliver it by C-section or natural childbirth, it's still...
...Jerry's Underground, located under Holyoke, a third barber shop is owned and operated by Jerry E. Lauretano. Lauretano, who has been in the Square for 13 years, offers a shampoo, cut and advice for just...