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Even after WLT is making big money, owner Ray Soderberg is worried about radio's insubstantiality, which seems to him "like running a hotel with no rooms, just a lobby." He broods about the false bonhomie of fathead announcers, the fake warmth of radio stars laying on the charm to sell you hair tonic. But the big money keeps getting bigger...
...fuss over a game of football? Ever since the big series started in 1875, men have tried to discover the special charm of the late November classic. Bright-eyed moralists, for instance, have gone into a happy glow at the sight of a real cleam, healthy American sportsmanship, 57,000 fans haven't paid $4.80 and upward to see a demonstration of the Golden Rule...
Part of Cambridge's unique electoral charm is no doubt due to its proportional representation voting system. Cambridge is the only city in the nation to use the system, which allows voters to indicate their choices in order of preference, and to vote for as many candidates as they want...
Although the process of redistribution itself is arcane and carnivalesque, Cambridge pols like to maintain that it contains an element of small-town charm...
Whoever wins on Nov. 16 will inherit a spate of challenges: social, environmental, political and, above all, economic. For all the charm of the French Quarter and the sparkling new downtown hotels, New Orleans faces some of the worst urban problems of any U.S. city. With the local economy gripped by a decade-long recession, big industry is disappearing; the river port is languishing; schools are crumbling; the tax base is shrinking; the regional jobless rate stands at 6.8%. Drugs and crime run rampant in many neighborhoods, and the murder rate is among the nation's highest. "The jails...