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...high regard: "By using footnotes judiciously you can fill your reader in on general information he lacks, satisfy his curiosity about fine points, whisper delicious tidbits in his ear, and share with him an occasional small frolic." But banned are such standard and numbing footnote fare as ed. cit., loc. cit., op. cit., idem and ibid...
...government was not going to help build a planned freeway on the Left Bank. Because the government was putting up 40% of construction costs, the autoroute died on the drawing board. Then Giscard vetoed new high-rise apartments that were planned to replace the picturesque artists' colony of Cité Fleurie. Next he blocked construction of an office tower, which Pompidou once described as a "monument to my presidency," on the now cleared grounds of the old Les Halles market. Instead, Giscard ruled that the whole area be turned into a 13-acre garden-the first major park...
Herrnstein remained unresponsive. (op. cit...
...House That Had to Move ("Now the airport has room to grow. More jets can do their job of helping people travel"). As part of a role-playing exercise, students are told to imagine that they are head of the Federal Aviation Administration confronting a group of cit-izeras concerned about the SST's sonic boom: "You must convince them that the program is important and should continue by presenting the facts about sonic booms and their effects...
...floating downriver past Montreal. Inside the iceberg, though, all is snug and warm; a baroque symphony dances across the huge living room while the champagne bubbles and the soft lights glow. This is Habitat, the magnificent living complex designed by Israeli Architect Moshe Safdie and built on the tiny Cité du Havre peninsula for Canada's Expo '67. For a surprisingly long time, it was well in the running for the White-Elephant-of-the-Decade Award, but today it is the most desirable address in Montreal...