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...Burnham wrote at the century's turn, "they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized." When Burnham's plan for the glorious beaux- arts Union Station was realized in Washington 81 years ago, it was one of the world's biggest rail terminals but otherwise very much of its time. Before World War I, budgets for civic building were generous, beaux-arts neoclassicism was almost obligatory, and the U.S. had more than 80,000 busy train stations...
...equivalent of a low-cholesterol diet: banning 70% of heavy-duty trucks during morning and evening rush hours in the hope of unclogging the city's blocked traffic arteries and reducing Los Angeles' notorious smog. The plan would require the cooperation of many of the city's biggest businesses, which would be asked to stay open to receive and load goods for a four-hour period between...
What may have been the biggest surprise of the mission's first three days was a bracing wake-up call recorded by comedian Robin Williams, patterned after the tag line of his movie Good Morning, Vietnam. At 5:30 a.m. Friday, the astronauts heard blaring from a cabin loudspeaker: "Gooooood Morning, Discovery! Rise and shine. Time to start doing that shuttle shuffle. Hey! Here's a little song coming from the billions of us to the five...
...difference, as tennis returned as an Olympic sport after a 64-year absence: instead of thousands of dollars in prize money, the bottom line was a medal for one's country. Still, the pros had little problem getting pumped up for the new tournament. "This is, I think, the biggest one," said Czechoslovakia's soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte of the U.S. to win the men's singles. Agreed the women's gold medalist Steffi Graf: "I think every athlete cares much more about winning it than about the money." The West German grand slam winner...
...million more in junk-bond financing for his Dart Group, which owns 262 Trak Auto and 212 Crown Books shops. Within a year, Dart mounted unsuccessful takeover campaigns for the May department stores, the Jack Eckerd drugstore chain and Beatrice. Profits on those raids: $13.2 million. The Hafts' biggest score came in October 1986, when the Safeway company paid Dart $59 million to go away, so that the chain's management could execute a $4.1 billion leveraged buyout of the firm. Dart's total take at the Safeway checkout stand: $137 million. Six months later, the Hafts cleared $32 million...