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...hear its residents tell it, the agricultural community of Watsonville, Cal. Isn't a very special town. Main Street is lazy in the daytime. Only a few small stores dot each side of the road. There is only one movie theatre, and for entertainment, Watsonvillers usually have to travel about 10 miles to Santa Cruz...
...winds of this economic change are swirling in different directions across the U.S. In the traditional Midwest industrial heartland, employment offices are jammed with discouraged job seekers, FOR SALE signs dot the lawns of once proud neighborhoods, and retail shops are closing because regular customers no longer have extra money to spend. Unemployment rates stand at 14.9% in Michigan and 13% in Ohio, sharply above the national level of 10.2%. Yet in many other areas the rise of high-tech companies has spawned pockets of booming growth: the Route 128 strip around Boston, California's Silicon Valley...
...Living and Learning Programs cater to special interests, including health issues, Afro American culture, foreign languages, and the arts. The 80 year-old traditional Quadrangle stands in juxtaposition to the "Superblock"--three high-rise apartment buildings with suites, many of which with their own kitchens--while fraternity houses dot the main walk of the campus...
Some recalcitrant states, in reply, charged that DOT was sloppy in selecting the routes for the interim list. According to the New Jersey transportation department, DOT opened to 40-ton trucks a portion of Route 9 in the state that includes a bridge currently posted with a twelve-ton weight limit. The designations will also permit bigger trucks to rumble through the traffic-clogged streets of New York City, Philadelphia, Trenton and other metropolitan areas on their way to delivery terminals...
...tiny Central American republic of Belize. Along with the vacationers has come a multitude of corporate enterprises: petrochemical plants, electronics factories, cement works. Attracted by special economic enticements and an eager labor force, industry now occupies or overlooks once pristine mangrove swamps and placid lagoons like those that dot the coast of Puerto Rico...