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Player to Watch: Mike McLeod. Former Ivy Rookie of the Year will be focal point of an experienced offense...
...just four inner-city tracks in operation. In a further twist, the cold war division of the city left the former hub marooned in the desolate wasteland abutting the Wall, the last stop in West Berlin before the Iron Curtain. The new building celebrates its renewed role as the focal point of the reunified metropolis. "We drew on the fact that Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was the center of Berlin, the embodiment of a lively city quarter," says architect Jürgen Hillmer of German firm Von Gerkan, Marg and Partner. And lively it will be again. Even after the soccer fans...
Spitalfields is a London neighborhood with a dual personality. It borders the financial district, but walk 10 minutes to the east and you hit deprived public-housing projects. The area's focal point is Spitalfields market, founded in 1887 and still going strong, in part due to the controversial development of the western side. Under an arching transparent canopy, mainstream shops and restaurants, which moved in over the winter, are now doing a brisk trade alongside the established stalls peddling eclectica. Among the new arrivals, only the restaurant Canteen might appeal to both the bohemian crowd and financial folk...
Spitalfields is a London neighborhood with a dual personality. It borders the financial district, but walk 10 minutes to the east and you hit deprived public-housing projects. The area's focal point is Spitalfields market, founded in 1887 and still going strong, in part [an error occurred while processing this directive] due to the controversial development of the western side. Under an arching transparent canopy, mainstream shops and restaurants, which moved in over the winter, are now doing a brisk trade alongside the established stalls peddling eclectica...
...distribute the party suites in a random fashion. But this had led to less-than-satisfactory arrangements. We can all think of a party suite we know where the residents keep largely to themselves. When this happens, everyone loses: The College has fewer parties, and the houses have fewer focal points. The solution is to derandomize, and then democratize, the distribution of party suites. House residents should be able to elect their peers to live in party suites. This would have two chief advantages. First, it would ensure a more reliable supply of parties. If students want parties, they...