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Lawrence Fiorentino, chair of Charlesview’s development committee, said he was concerned about how the presence of an estimated 600 to 800 construction workers might clog the area’s roadways...
...Saltimbanques,” and its quiet innocence is engulfed by the vigor and sexuality of the surrounding photographs. Though the show is full of photographic gems, the breadth at times feels scattered and diffuse. Shoddy prints of some of Clergue’s famous friends clog a far corner downstairs, contributing to an overall squeeze that is just too tight. Ultimately, however, the scope of the collection highlights the many variations Clergue plays on each theme as well as the creativity and technical mastery necessary to do so successfully. —Staff writer Jeremy S. Singer-Vine...
...Force One land at O'Hare, protesters clog Chicago's streets calling for George W. Bush's resignation. Ignoring the tumult, the President gives a speech to a bipartisan group. As he exits the hotel, a gunshot is heard, and Bush collapses to the ground. The President has been assassinated...
...directed towards political and business elite, at times sounding like a manual for money-making. The last part of the book describes the societal changes that have taken American civic society from one that bowled alone to one that finds community by supporting candidates on thefacebook.com. The authors clog the text with numbers and names, quotations, and references to other sociological work. They question the pre-9/11 findings of Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert Putnam and his famous warning about the disappearance of American civil society. Part leadership how-to and part sociological study, “Applebee?...
...author. "I understand that not everybody likes my characters," she admits affably. "It gets mentioned to me. I just want to be honest about the way people are." It's this daring that separates Sittenfeld's work from the stacks of Day Glo-colored chick-lit novels that clog the aisles of bookstores. Here's another example: she never tells the reader whether Hannah is beautiful. "When a female character feels insecure, and then all the other characters are saying, 'But you're so awesome, you're so funny, you're the best!' you almost know that it's this...