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...County is bracketed by office buildings and a huge shopping mall. A 31-story tower obliterates the view of trees and grass from her windows; its construction, still in progress, has sent clouds of dust and bursts of noise into her home. Laments Murphy: "This is like living in downtown Chicago...
...nearby cities. Not only jobs but also gourmet restaurants and chic stores are close at hand. As a result, people like Engineer Daniel Nee, a resident of Gwinnett County, Ga., 18 miles from Atlanta, commonly go six months or more without feeling any necessity to take their families downtown...
...near Detroit, has got 40% of all jobs created in Michigan since the 1982 recession. Tysons Corner, an unincorporated area of Fairfax County 13 miles from Washington, was once a sleepy crossroads with little more than a gas station; today it contains more office space than either Baltimore or downtown Miami. The Corporate Woods office complex in Overland Park, Kans., boasts 275 businesses and 5,000 jobs; built on 300 acres, it has room for more. "Corporate Woods is the fastest-growing commercial area in either state, Kansas or Missouri," says Planning Consultant Myles Schachter...
...midst of the rhetoric, two car bombs exploded outside Magistrate's Court in downtown Johannesburg, killing four policemen and injuring 14 other people. The tragedy served as a reminder that the speeches in the House of Assembly are not some dry debating match but deal with deeply emotional issues that can and do cost lives. The irony of the Conservative challenge is that even though the reform process has shuddered to a halt and there is no prospect of negotiations with black leaders, Botha's image might be boosted by the astonishing confrontation in Parliament, where the Nationalist government...
...view of reporters even as he began work for the law firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs. Hart joined the group as a part-time associate last January, mainly to bring in new business. He spent part of every day last week at the firm's 48th-floor downtown offices, which have commanding views of the Rocky Mountains. Associates say Hart will receive a salary in the "low six figures" for expanding the firm's work in such areas as foreign trade and international law; he is expected to begin traveling to Asia and Europe...