Word: birmingham
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Visitors to the United Kingdom can experience a slice of slum life?albeit a gentrified one?with the opening of the Birmingham Back to Backs museum and holiday cottages...
...Today, a single court of back-to-back housing is all that remains in Birmingham?one of just a handful left in the U.K. Now owned by the National Trust, the houses at 54 Inge Street have been restored to reflect what it was like to live there in different eras. Visitors can join a guided tour (advance booking recommended) or stay in one of three "holiday cottages" restored in Georgian, Victorian and Art Deco styles...
WEAPONS OF CHOICE By John Birmingham...
...Hillary Clinton, a George Bush--class supercarrier) is cruising off the coast of Indonesia, when suddenly a nearby high-energy physics experiment has a whoopsie, and the year isn't 2021 anymore. It's 1942, shortly before the Battle of Midway. So much for history as we know it. Birmingham could have just left this story as one big battle scene--he describes military hardware with an exuberance and virtuosity that's positively Clancyesque--but he also shows a surprisingly tender touch with his characters, who react to their unexpected time trip with authentic, believable anguish...
...walk-outs. On the other hand, TV viewership is looking positively steroidal. Organizers predict a staggering 4 billion viewers worldwide, up from 3.7 billion in 2000. Four thousand TV crew members and 1,000 cameras will produce an unprecedented 3,900 hours of live coverage for audiences from Birmingham to Bangkok. NBC alone says it expects to air three times more coverage than in Sydney...