Memo Warned of Ceiling Collapse July 27, 2006
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Safety officer feared deaths in 1999, now agonizes over tragedy
By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff | July 26, 2006
The on-site safety officer for the Interstate 90 connector directly warned his superiors at contractor Modern Continental Construction Co. that the tunnel ceiling could collapse because the bolts could not support the heavy concrete panels, and feared [...]
Alas there is hope…. July 5, 2006
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What we love about America
By James Carroll | July 3, 2006
IT IS BETTER to be a half-formed and rough idea than a brilliant cliché. Such preference for the imperfect new defines America. As we celebrate the birth of our nation, can we put words on the reason we love it? Let me try.
Because Europeans measured [...]
