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He thought he saw a bird on a wall, but as he drew closer he realized that it was just an empty tin box.
NEWYORKER: Waiting
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Following the quake, investigators in Yunlin county discovered that three crumbled structures had been erected by a construction company that had used empty plastic bottles and tin cans as filler to save on concrete and bricks. (The owner was arrested.) In Dali, a massive apartment block suffered major damage: one of the 11-story buildings was uprooted from the ground and fell backward.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Taiwan: The Day the Earth Moved--Page 3
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Benny Avni saw, here and there, decrepit dovecotes, livestock stables turned into shops, the skeleton of an old truck sunk to its hips in savage growth beside a deserted tin shed or an empty doghouse.
NEWYORKER: Waiting