Word: chicago
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Which perhaps explains his current fascination with the harmony found in the pedestrian rhythms of ordinary life. "The kind of place that really gives me a thrill now is a place like Chicago or Toledo or Buffalo, where you notice people rolling out and going to work in the morning," says McGuane. "After 50 years of living, it occurs to me that the most significant thing that people do is go to work, whether it is to go to work on their novel or the assembly plant or fixing somebody's teeth...
...even as it seeks to solve old ones. The country lacks economic institutions that took centuries to develop in the West: it has no stock exchange, no commercial banks, little experience in the rough-and-tumble of a free market. Barry Sullivan, chairman of the First National Bank of Chicago, wondered whether the Poles' eagerness will prove to have been "monumental courage or sheer folly." While none of the Americans doubted the commitment to reform at the top of the Polish government, some questioned how it would be received once subsidies are ended and prices begin fluctuating. "It will depend...
...kept her eight fur coats hidden in a closet ever since a chiding by an animal- rights supporter caused her to have a change of heart. "How could anyone wear a fur coat?" she now says. "How these animals have to suffer!" Last week, as a gesture of support, Chicago secretary Kathi Hodowal turned over her eight-year-old mink coat to Trans-Species, which uses such donations to stage mock funerals with fur-filled coffins. Explains Hodowal: "I just decided to give up my fur coat. It's so cruel to animals...
Other women stubbornly refuse to be intimidated. Chicago art-gallery owner Eva-Maria Worthington, for instance, does not hesitate to wrap herself in beaver against the winds on the Magnificent Mile. "If they're so concerned about animals," she sniffs, "I think they should go to a pound and clean cages and take care of the dogs and cats. Some people have replaced their religion with animal rights." But it's a jungle out there: even women who have switched to fake furs to assuage their conscience do not feel comfortable. Many protectively wear large buttons that proclaim...
...Goodgame, Ted Gup, Jerry Hannifin, Richard Hornik, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Joelle Attinger, Janice C. Simpson, Richard Behar, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Naushad S. Mehta, Priscilla Painton, Raji Samghabadi, Martha Smilgis Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: S.C. Gwynne Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: James Carney Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Cristina Garcia, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...