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...they junk their cars. Outside Washington, the Virginia suburbs of Alexandria and Arlington pay membership fees for any residents who want to join a car-sharing plan. In Greenbelt, Md., the city leases a vehicle from Zipcar, a Massachusetts-based car-sharing firm, stationing it at a senior-citizens complex and renting it to elderly residents for only $1 an hour. And in Philadelphia, officials are auctioning off 329 vehicles from the municipal fleet and using PhillyCarShare, a local nonprofit, as an alternative. Projected savings: $1 million a year...
...complex for no real reason except history...
...virtual shouts over House e-mail lists, formal house meetings and kleptomaniacal retaliation stemming from the implementation of restrictions indicate how contentious these rules can be. The increasingly complex restrictions seem to generate so much controversy because of a seemingly impossible reconciliation of two lofty ideals: the creation and maintenance of a definable House community through a dining hall, and the integration of first-years into upperclass life. Those who believe that the former concept is more important tend to support Houses’ dining hall restrictions, and those who believe the latter concept prevails tend to oppose them...
...Zealand's terroir isn't suited to reds has finally been overcome by a number of wineries producing world-class Pinot Noir. The silt-loam soils of New Zealand yield a Pinot Noir somewhere between the robust Australian reds beloved of influential American critic Robert Parker and the more complex Bordeaux wines. Some Kiwi wineries have even taken on the Australian stranglehold on Shiraz, or Syrah as it's sometimes called. In the Hawke's Bay area of New Zealand's North Island, Craggy Range has produced some wonderful Merlots and Syrahs that were launched in the U.S. to much...
...syndrome affects other suburbs. At Thames Town, one of the English-style developments that make up Songjiang New Town, an ad campaign advises that anyone fond of steeplechasing, Premier League soccer and the Beatles should consider joining the 8,000 fortunate folks who will ultimately live in this housing complex. Naturally, Thames Town will have a British exhibition hall where planners envision screening a James Bond film festival, and a church where, says one promotional poster, "you can adopt exotic marriage customs in which you exchange vows in front of a pastor...