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...route, further signs of government perversion were clearly visible. Dead farming plots have been reclaimed by the desert because no one cared to make a simple repair to an irrigation lever; hundreds of buildings begun and abandoned, leaving all the necessary materials to rot; people living in ruined brick hovels despite the nearby presence of hundreds of bricks. The people of Southern Iraq may not be able to attain Western standards of prosperity, but they have the immediate resources to make dramatic improvements to their current situation if they were inspired...
Near the street, speakers rally to attention beside a bookselling table offering war- and protest-relevant works. Down in the plaza, some protesters are lying on the spring-wet brick, resting before the next stage of the march, which will take them back to Copley Square...
...shopkeeper, Mohammed Ibrahim, hired four laborers to build a brick wall around his photo developing shop for fear of looters taking his expensive equipment during the war. "I took some things home but some of it I had to leave," he said. "All these shops are closed and empty," he said, pointing down the street and shops that were indeed closed and empty. "We wish Saddam Hussein's heart would soften and he would go into exile instead of fighting with America. I'm not as worried about myself as much as about the people in Baghdad...
...projects as Fanueil Hall in Boston and South Street Seaport in New York), the building will be awarded the 25-year award from the American Institute of Architects this year. It demonstrates that Harvard Square is not a monolithic place, and that modern architecture can interact with more traditional brick buildings...
...construction materials of many of the Houses—brick and terra-cotta in the older ones and reinforced steel and concrete in newer ones—hinder the transmission of signals, further complicating the installation process...