Word: crossing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...China. If the Chinese had been allowed to share in the victory parade, and the two teams had been photographed with the Cup between them, more could have been done for U.S.-China relations in one day than has been accomplished in years of diplomacy. ROBERT CROSS Calgary, Alta...
...these thoughts buzzed in my head, I found myself at the edge of North Capitol Street, ready to fulfill my mandate. Admittedly, I felt a bit foolish and exposed out, standing on the corner of a busy intersection, the cars whooshing by, the pedestrians pushing past to cross the street. Though I had watched ample television and been to enough cities to see it done; It didn't seem natural to me to flag down a taxi...
...these thoughts buzzed in my head, I found myself at the edge of North Capitol Street, ready to fulfill my mandate. Admittedly, I felt a bit foolish and exposed out, standing on the corner of a busy intersection, the cars whooshing by, the pedestrians pushing past to cross the street. Though I had watched ample television and been to enough cities to see it done; It didn't seem natural to me to flag down a taxi...
...river that runs through Breena Clarke's accomplished first novel, River, Cross My Heart (Little, Brown; 245 pages; $23), is the sluggish brown Potomac, benevolent on the surface but treacherous beneath. Along with other young African Americans from their Georgetown neighborhood, Johnnie Mae Bynum and her sister Clara are forced to use the river as a swimming hole owing to a race ban at their local pool. It's the 1920s, and the girls are part of a steady migration from the fields of the rural South to the streets of bustling Washington. Things are supposed to be better there...
...river. They simply oppose anyone destroying the river. "This is a fight to save a resource for as many constituencies as possible," says Kennedy. "Here there is room for everyone." As he speaks, a trio of ducks puts on a brief air show high above the electrical wires that cross the river. A great blue heron is spotted over the Lovett plant...