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...Over in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the hardest-hit African-American neighborhoods, landlord Donald Thomas has much the same hope. A paper mask over his mouth, Thomas is using a crowbar to pull nails from the frame of the house he grew up in and now rents out. Unemployed since Katrina flooded the Hyatt and took his job as a banquet captain, he is spending his time renovating. The city is in dire need of rental housing like his, since Katrina destroyed some 43,000 units, including 5,000 public housing apartments. Standing in the doorway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebuilding Riddle: Gut That House or Give It Up | 8/30/2006 | See Source »

...friend who recently spent the weekend with Rumsfeld and his wife predicted Rumsfeld would stay for the duration: "They will have to pry him from his stand-up desk with a crowbar." In Cairo last week, Rumsfeld tried to take it all in stride. "If every time two or three people disagreed, we changed the Secretary of Defense of the United States, it would be like a merry-go-round." But Rumsfeld may again be underestimating the strength of an insurgency--this one in his own backyard. Other retired officers are expected to make their views known soon. Which means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revolt of the Generals | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...song “creature[s] of the night,” but this production isn’t necessarily for those creatures. Make no mistake, this presentation is still full of over-the-top sexuality, more fishnets and feather boas than you can shake a crowbar at, and the pelvic thrust that drives audiences “insa-a-a-a-ane.” But nobody is going to be doing said pelvic thrust in an audience member’s face here. Still, while some might find the lack of audience participation frustrating, in general, this...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almost as ‘Rocky,’ But Not Quite | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

...bungalow, easily enough damage to have incapacitated anyone inside. "We got cars" in the driveway, he says. "We better do a check," says Lykins. The trio gets out to search, forcing their way in through the front door with a Haligan, a classic fireman's tool that resembles a crowbar with various edges at different angles. "Anybody here?" Inside, the ceiling and roof rafters and insulation are piled on the bed and exercise bike in one bedroom, and the bunk beds in another. But no people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside a FEMA Search and Rescue Team | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...resident of Wenlock Road in Dorchester reported that at approximately 12:35 p.m. she was on 10 Maple Ave. when a suspect approached her with a crowbar and stated, “Give me your money.” The resident reported that the suspect began to strike her on the head, causing severe lacerations when she told him that she did not have any money. The suspect then fled toward Broadway...

Author: By Eduardo E. Santacana, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

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