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There is no consensus on the best college player in the draft, but the top prospects are forwards Larry Johnson of UNLV, Billy Owens of Syracuse, Doug Smith of Missouri and Stacey Augmon of UNLV, center Dikembe Mutombo of Georgetown and guards Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech and Steve Smith of Michigan State. Owens and Anderson are underclassmen...
Their intent is not to reproduce any particular old-fashioned place. Rather, Duany and Plater-Zyberk have meticulously studied the more-than-skin-deep particulars of traditional towns and cities from Charleston to New Orleans to Georgetown, and of the great prewar suburbs, such as Mariemont, Ohio. They've looked at how streets were laid out, how landmarks were placed, the intermingling of stores and houses, the rough consistency of buildings' cornice lines and materials. They've measured the optimal distances between houses across the street and next door, figured out just what encourages walking (narrow streets, parked cars, meaningful...
What Kelley would probably admit she possesses, apart from blond cotton- candy hair, a breathless voice and a historic mansion in Washington's fancy Georgetown ghetto, is a drive for nonstop work and a tenacity that borders on obsession. Enemies and friends agree on that...
...broke their silence, naming William Smith as a suspect. The son of Jean Kennedy and the late Stephen Smith, William is described as one of the least spoiled and least arrogant of the young Kennedys. Instead of entering a profession where family connections make a difference, he went to Georgetown University Medical School after graduating from Duke. He helped his mother in her arts program for the handicapped, and gave a eulogy so moving at his father's funeral earlier this year that he outshone Arthur Schlesinger...
Reaction has been mixed. Gary Hufbauer, a Georgetown University economist, estimates that a Social Security tax cut would create a million jobs and thus add a million extra contributors to the trust fund. But Republican Senator Phil Gramm of Texas warns against "soaking the rich." Says he: "We should be debating tax cuts, but we shouldn't mess with Social Security. The system isn't broke: don't fix it." The plan's critics argue that it could cost the federal government $50 billion a year in lost revenue, a claim challenged by Moynihan...