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Imagine if I tried to make the Spanish steps [disabled] accessible! I'd destroy them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Access Denied | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...amyotrophy, found that only 20% of public buildings in the city were fully accessible; wheelchair users could enter some areas in a further 60%, and 20% were completely blocked to them. Argentin understands the arguments for conservation - "Imagine if I tried to make the Spanish steps accessible! I'd destroy them" - but she despairs that architects frequently ignore a 1989 law requiring disabled access in all new structures, despite fines of up to €25,000 and possible license suspension. The scarcity of accessible toilets also deters many wheelchair users from socializing. In Britain, the cerebral palsy charity Scope found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Access Denied | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...which often failed to meet expectations. Assuming the World Bank approves funding for the project, Nam Theun 2 will be the first major new dam project the bank has supported in a decade. Opposition to the project has been fierce from international environmental NGOs, which say the dam will destroy the livelihoods of thousands and do untold damage to rivers and their fish populations, while offering no guarantee that the revenue will improve people's lives. "Laos has a track record of poorly-managed projects that create more poverty than they solve," says Aviva Imhof, campaign director of International Rivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Options Under Water | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

...humiliating. "I would rather be accused of having killed someone than of being a traitor," she says, seated beneath portraits of her ancestors in the study of the 19th century mansion on the outskirts of Warsaw she and her huSBand have restored. "This kind of thing can destroy a person." "This kind of thing" has been happening across the former Soviet bloc as police archives, sealed since the end of communism, are gradually revealed to the public. The political fallout is intense. Politicians are seizing on the information to discredit foes. Some question the very authenticity of the files...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reckoning | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...midst of his growing ethical scandals, told a private gathering of the conservative Family Research Council that "this is more than just Terri Schiavo. This is exactly the kind of issue that is going on in America ... attacks against the conservative movement, against me and others, to destroy everything we believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons of the Schiavo Battle | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

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