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...returned from Madrid three weeks ago and I can confidently say that the biggest differences between it and New York are that in Spain's capitol the people wear less black clothing and the subway system is a lot cleaner. I could go into any cafeteria or restaurant and ask for una hamburguesa, the people conversed in English in lieu of a shared mother tongues and Harrison Ford's "Air Force One" was the most popular movie around...

Author: By Abby Y. Fung, | Title: The American Invasion | 9/17/1997 | See Source »

...massive stone fireplaces that sat on either side of the dining area have been incoporated into the two smaller rooms. They are both still operable, though cleaner than orginally planned due to damage to the stone...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Airy Barker Center Replaces Union | 9/10/1997 | See Source »

...average, and the highest rate of any of America's 20 largest cities. And this level of unemployment is not evenly distributed, but concentrated in pockets of the population. The New York City school system is among the most segregated in the nation. Workfare might be making the streets cleaner, but street-cleaning is not exactly the sort of job you can build a life around. What exactly are those without jobs, skills or faith supposed to do in this insanely prosperous, well-heeled city...

Author: By Garance Franke-ruta, | Title: Out of Sight, Out of Mind | 8/8/1997 | See Source »

...days of seminars on such topics as "Dioxins, Endocrine Disruptors and Birth Defects" and "Green Politics in the U.S. and Bulgaria." The recent Brown University graduate recalls how, growing up in Los Angeles, "my T-ball practice was canceled week after week because of smog. Now the air is cleaner." The morning of his speech, he had overflown the Willamette National Forest, its mountaintops scalped by clear-cutting. But rather than preaching doom, he boasts of recent blockades to protect old-growth enclaves. "I hate environmentalists who are always grouchy," he explains afterward. "They forget the joy of making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE CAN SIT HERE BEMOANING BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD OR WE CAN LEARN FROM THEIR APPEAL. | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...Obviously papers are neater, cleaner and probably easier to edit," says Charles S. Maier, Krupp Foundation professor of European studies. "[But] I don't think it's [necessarily] made for higher quality prose. I don't think it's had an impact on content...

Author: By Karen M. Paik, | Title: Computers Revolutionize Harvard's Academic Life | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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