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...turned out to be a big time saver for the employees and a money saver for the company. A former accountant, Schneider, 37, moved through management of the in-flight service department to the male-dominated operational side of the airline in 1998. While much of her work involves drab buildings and heavy equipment, the Seattle-based executive reminds colleagues that "an airline is a people business." An avid jogger who enjoys spending time with her kids at the family retreat in Idaho, Schneider says, "I hope I serve as a role model for younger women who value both work...
...once rich in 19th century commercial architecture - buildings with Victorian arches and polychrome brickwork - but became overrun with ugly concrete buildings in a misguided redevelopment effort in the 1960s and '70s. Now, just in time for the Commonwealth Games, Leese has shown that Manchester could overcome that legacy of drab functionality with the help of the best architects he could find - in Manchester, Britain and indeed the world. This summer, six years after an Irish Republican Army bomb devastated the city center, Leese's ideas have turned into stunning reality. Manchester Art Gallery, best known for its superb collection...
...anything goes wrong, I hope you can run fast." After the promised pat-down and a trip through a metal detector under the scrutiny of granite-jawed guards clutching M-16s and big wooden sticks, the reporters are ushered through two sets of tall steel gates, past drab cellblocks and neat hedges. On bleachers beside the pitch, more than 1,000 inmates await the opening ceremony under flags, bunting and banners sponsored by Coca-Cola and local sportswear makers...
...heaviness of your service you will live this time of mission as a deepening of your faith," he said. Of course, not many armies can boast that their commander is Pope John Paul II, the peace-loving head of the Roman Catholic Church. And in an era of drab, utilitarian uniforms, few recruits start their service in feathered helmets, blue-yellow-and-red tunics and pantaloons reportedly designed by Michelangelo. As members of the Vatican's élite Swiss Guard, the recruits will protect the Pontiff, as well as ensure security at the Apostolic Palace and the four main entrances...
...truly work as a viable housing development. Rows of houses are aligned in three rows, all converging to create a focal point for human interaction. However, the houses themselves are window-slitted modernist bunkers of concrete and metal that hardly seem conducive to actual human living. Drab and squashed, the dwellings are dwarfed by the surrounding countryside and possess a disquieting uniformity because they are all facing—literally, because they resemble masks with hats pulled down over their eyes—in one direction. While it is ostensibly a living development, it would have perhaps been better...