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...plan, which devoted funds to restore Lechmere Canal, build a 16-acre park along the canal, widen the main streets and construct or repair over 1000 housing units, served as a major catalyst for new development, Straim says...
...crisis. It won't be easy: almost none of the refugees wants to return to the spartan U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and so far, at least 13 have scaled chain-link fences topped by razor wire surrounding the camps, two have drowned trying to swim the Panama canal and another dozen have attempted suicide. (Only 1,171 out of the nearly 8,500 originally brought there from Guantanamo have obtained visas to the United States.) The first planeload of refugees will arrive at Guantanamo tomorrow morning. Said Gen. George Crocker, the operation's commander: "There are some individuals...
...root canal," he said. "New Year's Day I woke up screaming...They didn't tell me they would give...
...years, I endured the Patriots and their perennial losing record. I endured the Patsies, the front office bumbling, the Lisa Olsen affair and the root canal-like pain of the 1986 Superbowl. I endured the incompetent owner shuffle, Hugh Millen, Zeke Mowatt, the Megaplex and the reinstitution of cheerleaders. I wasn't happy, but I endured...
While large-scale trade between the comparatively wealthy Israel and its poorer Arab neighbors is unlikely soon, analysts and investors are beginning to look seriously at ideas for mutual development. A $3 billion canal could be dredged linking the Dead Sea with the Red Sea. The natural 1,300-ft. drop in altitude could power turbines, and the electricity generated could desalinate water to irrigate the desert in the Jordan Rift valley. A regional airport near the Jordanian port of Aqaba could relieve air traffic next door in the Israeli city of Eilat; an open border would attract many more...