Word: freshness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...driving force behind this fresh approach to urban government is a handful of "new pragmatist" mayors--Indianapolis' Goldsmith, Cleveland's Michael White, Philadelphia's Edward Rendell, Milwaukee's John Norquist, Chicago's Richard M. Daley and to some extent Los Angeles' Robert Riordan and New York City's Rudolph Giuliani--who actively collaborate and compare notes on how to make cities work. Goldsmith visits Giuliani every few months to talk shop; Rendell and Goldsmith bounce ideas off each other at frequent joint speaking appearances. And good practices, big or small, travel fast. "You learn a lot from each other," says...
...networks were viewed as friendly providers of family fare, but most people know by now that the media marketplace is anything but friendly. At the very least, though, the CBS and NBC campaigns evoke the general notion that network TV is a place we can turn to for fresh entertainment on a regular basis. That's the right idea...
Good news: fresh episodes of Bill Cosby's CBS sitcom will start taping this week. The show may be struggling in the ratings and a little short on yucks, but at least it will be a relief from the seamy, real-life family drama that America's favorite father has been starring in all summer...
...Hong Kong's sacred shopping venues, with a selection of merchandise that could rival any American mall, or just about. Although the quasi-legendary, Temple Street-made Rolexes and Cartiers have virtually disappeared due to heightened controls, the dozens of stalls sell everything from T-shirts, dumplings, breathing-fresh chicken, leather-goods, perfumes and CD's. Occasionally, the wandering, by-now-confused pedestrian can stumble onto an improvised, rousing performance of traditional Chinese opera, an experience never to be forgotten. At the side of the street, uninterested in the trafficking of shoppers and bargain-hunters, locals and off-duty taxi...
...office there are only low voices and the twick of computers heralding the new century. The clovelike smell of printer's ink has already been subdued by cleaning solvents and fresh paint. The absence is marked, though, by a great, gaping hole in the back shop, as if a huge molar had been yanked...