Word: blight
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...attendant media frenzy - to his beloved city. The decision was a triumph for Philadelphia's corps of revivalists, long dedicated to bolstering their city's battered image, and struck fear into the hearts of city workers, who knew the spotlight would cast an unforgiving glare on urban blight. And that meant a marathon of scrubbing, painting, trimming and pruning... not to mention a few instances of creative camouflage...
While some consider the Leverett towers--built in the early 1960's--a blight on the campus skyline, residents enjoy astonishing views of the Charles and the Boston skyline. And sophomores in the towers happily compare their large, light rooms in the towers to the small, cramped suites of Winthrop, Eliot and Kirkland Houses...
...turning driving a car into an intermittently online experience. And the high-resolution satellite images that became commercially available last year will move the earthiest of endeavors into cyberspace. Sitting at a desk will soon be the fastest way for farmers to inspect their crops for signs of blight...
...second to none--pace Senators Bradley and McCain--in my devotion to campaign-finance reform, but please. Candidates are beholden to big media because of the power big media hold over them. The remedy to this blight on our democracy is not bigger behemoths. In order to maximize consumer choice, it may make sense to ask how many widgets it takes to make a competitive widget market. But the same question doesn't really make sense for companies dealing in news and ideas. If anything, government should raise the bar before approving mergers among such mega-entities...
...Community development] tends to be in places where there's a lot of adjacent blight, and the institution realizes that this is jeopardizing its ability to attract students and faculty," Grogan said...