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Thirtymile Fire -- A vanload of firefighters, desperately racing to escape this forest fire, meets a wall of flame on the road. In the long moments it
; takes the turn the van around, many believe the fire will engulf them. But they escape the flames for now, only getting caught later when they make a stand up the canyon. Photo by Matthew Rutman
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Long poles help fix slip at St. Albans pool: ; City matches fund from stat grant for retaining wall
; DAILY MAIL St. Albans Parks and Recreation Director Dave Cunningham, with the help of department employee Ronnie Meddings, drives a metal pole in the ground by City Park pool. The painstaking process is the first step in building a retaining wall that became necessary after summer rains caused a
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DOES LAST WEEK'S ROLLER-COASTER RIDE ON WALL STREET SIGNAL THE END OF A LONG BULL MARKET? CRAIN'S ONLINE POLL.(Viewpoint)(Brief article)
; The majority of the 105 respondents to the Crain's poll expect the market to recover from last week's steep decline. Nearly 50% believe that the wild fluctuations caused a merely temporary setback; another 39% anticipate that stocks will move higher following a correction. Only 13% say a bear
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Letter: Long wall
; ...the real scoop: the hitherto vastly underestimated length of this archaeological treasure. At 730 miles it may only be half as long as of the Great Wall of China, but that can be no excuse for the modesty previously exercised by generations of historians and...
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Curtis Off the Wall Over Sly Painting - But Not for Long
; It was ego-busting time in LA-LA Land when Tony Curtis discovered he wasn't the only celeb artist with a painting in Wolfgang Puck's tony Spago restaurant. For some reason, learning that Sylvester Stallone was the other artist really irked Curtis. He immediately snatched his painting out and moved
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America's beloved rocking chair comfortably passes test of time; Symmetry proves all-important in arranging long, narrow room Beds must be balanced in relation to window opening in boys' room Q: We want to convert a long and narrow spare room into a bedroom for two school-age boys. There's a large window on one of the 10-foot-wide walls, while the door and a closet are on one of the 20-foot-long walls. The original plan was to put the beds against the window wall, but I've been told it isn't healthy to sleep with one's head next to an outside wall. What's your opinion? And do you have any overall design suggestions? A: If that window wall isn't properly insulated, I can certainly see how sleeping next to it might present a health hazard. Otherwise, however, I doubt that it would be a problem. What concerns me more, as an interior designer rather than a doctor, is the spatial arrangement of the two beds. If you do intend to follow your original plan, I hope that the window is centered on the 10-foot wall where the beds are to be placed. Symmetry is essential in a room with the dimensions you cited. Healthy or not, the layout will look makeshift unless the beds are balanced in relation to the window opening. As an alternative, how about putting the beds on the 20-foot-long wall opposite the closet and doorway? Assuming these are standard-size twin beds, they'll easily fit there. Perhaps you can take some tips from the photo, which presents the sort of layout I'm describing. This boys' room was designed by Geoffrey Bradfield as part of an apartment included in a recent showcase tour in Manhattan. The arrangement here is a mix of movable, built-in and invented furniture. Those aren't exactly beds, for example. What you see are mattresses that have been placed on top of fabric-upholstered wooden platforms. One end of the bed has also been upholstered to serve as a head board, while the cushions and bolsters were covered in the same fabric as the base. In functional terms, this is a clever creation. The front of each platform has hinged doors that open to a sizable storage compartment for toys and sports equipment. As you can see, a shelved bookcase divides the beds and also helps demarcate a separate work area for each of the boys. Space was, of course, at a premium in this apartment. Desk tops have been suspended from the 10-foot walls at both ends of the room, with file drawers placed beneath them. No matter how functional, a design of this sort cannot be considered fully successful unless it contains a few playful elements. Bradfield has obliged by adding a crenulated crown molding to the bookcase divider and by installing a decorative wallpaper border depicting crests-of-arms of medieval knights. And please don't overlook that suit of armor standing off to the side. It serves here, aptly enough, as a clothes hanger!
; ...wood to the bottom of a chair so that its user could rock back and forth. This quickly became a very popular design. It wasn't long before many styles of rocker began appearing from the Windsor rod-backed chair, to the stencil-decorated and brightly painted...
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Long wait for repairs on drain wall
; ...debris stuck in the drain. She said she reported the matter to the City Hall branch in Cheras last month. "What is taking them so long?" * "We have already forwarded two reports to the Public Works Department, who are expected to appoint contractors to begin repairs...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1902: Long Faces on Wall Street
; 00-00-0000 NEW YORK: There is little hilarity or merriment in Wall Street at present. Brokers at last realize that it is a condition, not a theory, that confronts them. Loans secured by collateral are made only at usurious rates of interest. Upon all sides one hears cautionary remarks from banking
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How to decorate room that's long, narrow; Fool the eye: paint short walls dark, long walls light
; ...with a room that is long and narrow? The first...painting the short walls dark and the long walls light. The darkened...one of those short walls. Furniture placement...shape. Don't put a long sofa on the long...away from the short walls and make that furniture...what ...
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'We will need this wall for a long, long time' The old enemies, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, now share government in Northern Ireland, so does that mean the Troubles are finally over? David Harrison in Belfast finds only a fragile peace behind the 'peace walls'
; ...question is no ordinary wall. It is a 60ft high, half-mile-long metal barrier that separates the two communities, one of...the deep divisions in Northern Ireland society. It is all a long way from the thigh-slapping bonhomie and grand talk of "a...It is the residents, not the police, who want the peace ...
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