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While Southwestern style dominates domestic design, the Moorish arches and walled courtyards of the Southeast are appearing more and more in public and commercial architecture. From the historic Douglas Entrance to the city of Coral Gables, Fla., to Plaza Guadalupe in San Antonio, the Latin elements promise sunlight and accessibility, a sense of invitation. "I've always liked porches, arcades and transitional spaces that are open on the sides," says Miami Architect Hilario Candela, a partner in what he claims is the largest Hispanic-owned design and construction firm in the U.S. "Most Latin public spaces are essentially gregarious...
...became the first magician to receive a prestigious "genius" award from the MacArthur Foundation. The $272,000 that came with the honor has enabled Randi to step up his travels. He has logged 45,000 miles in the past few months alone, traveling far from his home in Plantation, Fla. In March he was in Australia, demonstrating the fraudulence of channeling, which involves a supposedly long- dead sage uttering words of wisdom through the mouth of a modern-day proxy. April found him in China, invited by a science journal to help stem what the editor called "growing confusion between...
Charney followed the 56-year-old physician from West Palm Beach, Fla. for about five blocks from the site of the blaze at Yale's Beinecke Plaza before the pair stopped in a college dormitory archway. The two then engaged in a brief conversation before police arrived and arrested Bracey...
...history of equipment, but with the advent of low-cost electronics, one of the world's most popular participatory sports has rapidly become its most high tech. "Fishermen are looking for every advantage they can get," says Robert Sullivan, a salesman at Larry Smith Electronics in Riviera Beach, Fla. "They are saying, 'Give us more, more, more...
Eckerd Drug, a 1,700-store chain of pharmacies based in Clearwater, Fla., claims that it lost $30 million to shoplifters last year. Now the company has decided to do something about it. Instead of routinely prosecuting fast- fingered shoppers, more than half of Eckerd's pharmacies allow culprits to buy their way out of trouble by paying the store $200 ($150 in Louisiana). That eliminates the nuisance and expense of formal proceedings for Eckerd, the accused and the courts...