In the hardy tradition of laughing in the face of adversity, many Northeastern residents allowed as how it was unusual, almost fun, to go without electricity for a day or two after Hurricane Gloria. But eight or nine? At the end of last week, large numbers of those same citizens still could not use their refrigerators, electric pumps or televisions. While power had been restored to more than 2 million customers, some 100,000 in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts remained in the dark, and the novelty of making do had worn off.
In Massachusetts, residents of Brockton marched against...
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