Word: east
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Inside the plane, things must have been comfortable, even cozy. Heading east, across the Hudson and in the direction of Long Island Sound, Kennedy climbed to 5,600 ft., the typical altitude for small planes traveling by visual flight rules. To the left, the light-flecked coast of southern Connecticut was probably visible through the haze, as first Bridgeport, then New Haven, then New London provided a sort of luminous archipelago pointing east. The noise of the engine and the wind would have made it difficult for the occupants to talk to one another, but the plane was equipped with...
...months ago, he was at a fund-raising breakfast for the Robin Hood Foundation, a group that taps Manhattan money for neighborhood projects. There he toasted Hans and Ivan Hageman, two childhood friends from East Harlem who had, with Robin Hood seed money, founded a remedial school and counseling program. John recalled first meeting them 30 years ago. "These guys were larger than life," he said, "and they behaved in such a way that we all knew they were destined to do something important with their lives...
...summer here in the Middle East and water supply (or lack thereof) can be even more powerful than politics...
...first, the 9 a.m. watering ritual struck me as odd, only because even in my native Boston suburb, where water is plentiful, we have rules prohibiting midday plant watering during the hottest months. But as my summer in Jerusalem and the Middle East continues, I have become increasingly attuned to drinking, washing, watering, swimming, cleaning and flushing--anything that involves the precious molecule, H2O. Water availability and attitudes towards this natural resource are subtle yet omnipresent symbols of the different worlds which coexist here, as well as a source of conflict between them...
Traveling back and forth between Israel and what will soon officially become Palestine, the sharp contrasts in quality of life, cultural norms and economic conditions are staggering. The same gardner who waters my plants with gusto each morning probably returns to his East Jerusalem or West Bank neighborhood where tap water is carefully boiled in order to disinfect and toilets are turned on and off between usage. By contrast, in the magazine office where I work, the water cooler of fresh mineral water is restocked daily and, although our tap water is drinkable, we use it only to wash...