Word: afoot
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Gradually, differences arise between the once inseparable Julia and Valentina. In the land of perfect oneness, asymmetries are afoot. Valentina wants to go out into the world and be a fashion designer. She feels trapped and smothered by their twinnish dyad. Julia wants to keep things as they are and feels betrayed by Valentina's growing independence. The distracting presences of Elspeth (whom only Valentina can see) and two attractive male neighbors push the girls further off balance. They can't stay together, and they can't separate. Something will have to give...
...Jain of the ADB says the leadership in Manila, faced with elections in the coming months, is indeed thinking of long-term solutions to its infrastructure woes. Plans have been afoot to improve sanitation and also relieve the population burden in metro Manila by shifting certain businesses and government offices to areas outside the dense capital region. But the challenge facing the Philippines and other poor Asian countries is one of resources. Most Southeast Asia nations budget around 2% or 3% of their GDP for infrastructure development. To fend off such disasters in the future, Jain says that figure ought...
...fact that people are staying single for longer but still want to buy homes, and there's a whole new taste afoot - Santa Barbara-based B3 Architects is building a series of 800-square-footers. "The big-box house is no longer the market," says Charles Shinn, principal of the builder consultancy Shinn Consulting in Littleton, Colo...
...city's bad manners have upset a personage no less than the country's Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, who said on Sept. 22 that Delhiites needed an "attitude makeover" in order to "play good hosts" in 2010. Delhi's Chief Minister, Shiela Dixit, readily agreed and said plans are afoot to teach Delhi folks to be "more caring and sharing." She indicated that a Beijing-style program of civic education, like the one rolled out before last year's Olympics, would be launched soon. It's only the third time a developing country will host the Commonwealth Games. Last week...
...Fortunately, there is a movement afoot to restore the sense of unity to the Harvard community that Higginson championed. The Student Community Center Campaign, sponsored by the Undergraduate Council and endorsed by a broad coalition of students, student groups, and alumni, has taken great steps in the recent months to actualize this long-desired development for student life. It has drawn up building plans with a local architect, incorporated a non-profit foundation to oversee the project’s development, held high-level meetings with the administration, and convened a Campaign Advisory Council of student groups and a Board...