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"The powers of his mind were remarkable

he hit deep and he did it from both sides of the plate better than anyone else

sheer granite cliffs drop into heaps of boulders washed far below in the Atlantic

the Empire State andÊChrysler Building remain icons of the skyline

Air Raid Warning Frame Color:Black stops at the present andThis looks like a scene from "Batman," with anxious city officials on their bat phones, perhaps learning that the Joker is on the loose. It's actually Times Square in 1958 during a civil defense exercise, part of a nationwide drill to practice in case of a nuclear attack. After 10 minutes, the drill was over and Gotham returned to normal. Mayor Robert Wagner (left) and Robert E. Condon, the city's Civil Defense director, are the grim faced