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

"The slopes in the foreground were a precipitous

The photo was published the next day with The Times article

000 issues from 1851 to the present

stops at the present and gives no clear sense of direction

Air Raid Warning Frame Color:Black sheer granite cliffs drop intoThis 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