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...sure: if Rudy is finding time for power politics, things must be getting back to normal. The two Democrats facing an Oct. 11 runoff were split on what to do. Mark Green, the public advocate, said yes (it might help him attract conservative votes). Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, said no (it might help him solidify the anti-Giuliani vote). And Michael Bloomberg, the Republican businessman whose campaign pitch is to keep the city running the way Giuliani has, also agreed...
Emily Lloyd, Columbia’s executive vice president for administration, said that like Harvard, Columbia is expanding and encountering the space crunch of a crowded city. Renzulli described a wide spectrum of community activists, borough presidents, non-profit organizations and neighborhood groups that Stone dealt with in the course...
...sure: if Rudy is finding time for power politics, things must be getting back to normal. The two Democrats facing an Oct. 11 runoff were split on what to do. Mark Green, the public advocate, said yes (it might help him attract conservative votes). Fernando Ferrer, the Bronx borough president, said no (it might help him solidify the anti-Giuliani vote). And Michael Bloomberg, the Republican businessman whose campaign pitch is to keep the city running the way Giuliani has, also agreed...
...club. Three-fourths of the season sold out in three weeks. Cyclones merchandise is flying off shelves all over the region. Brooklyn fans are calling up local sports radio programs to curse the name of Walter O’Malley, the Dodgers owner who orchestrated the infamous move. The Borough of Churches seems alive with pride again—a combination of nostalgia for the “good old days” and excitement over baseball’s return “back where it belongs.” I can only share in the enthusiasm so much?...
...must do when thinking about the Dodgers, I wonder about the greater life of the borough. The Dodgers had been a unifying force for Brooklyn at several stages of its history—from its consolidation into Greater New York in the 1890s to the civil rights movement and Robinson’s smashing of the color barrier. Who knows what else the Dodgers could have steered Brooklyn through? Who’s to say that we wouldn’t be better, happier people with Ebbets Field still standing...