Word: hubs
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...common spaces on campus, it is centrally located with regard to academic buildings, and offers a host of specifically designed amenities to attract students throughout the day. With the College’s great need for common social spaces, The Queen’s Head could serve as the hub for student life...
...identifying routes by the names of 1980s heavy-metal bands. We drive down Bon Jovi, where the barbershop used to be, and pass Skid Row, which had the best falafel in town. At the end of the block is Poison, which four years ago was Mansour's commercial hub, lined with restaurants, shops, a gym and even a liquor store. Now every storefront is shuttered, and there isn't a car on the road. The mostly Sunni residents who live in Mansour have their own name for this spot. They call it "the edge of civilization...
...name after he assumes office on May 16, says France knows exactly what it's getting in Sarkozy. "The people voted for him because he had a clear and concrete message," he says. Sarkozy's taste for direct action is bound to make the Elysée Palace a hub of policy making that it hasn't been under President Jacques Chirac. Manuel Aeschlimann, Sarkozy's special adviser for public opinion, says: "He injects himself in everything. There are very few things he considers negligible. He's vigorous, young and full of spirit. We'll have a very different Elys...
...United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states. The U.S. has repeatedly sought help from these countries in shutting down Iranian fronts and financial networks, but with mixed results, at best. The IISS study asserts that the UAE is a "common destination for illicit items and eventually the hub of the Khan network." It adds that Iran is one of the top recipients of non-oil exports from the Emirates, and predicts that "the UAE's relatively lax export controls will no doubt prove tempting to Iran if the international community continues to target its nuclear-related imports...
...Delta past a hostile $9.8 billion takeover bid by U.S. Airways Group. A Delta director since 1987, Grinstein introduced more narrow-bodied aircraft for the airline's short-haul markets, doubled its international business to 36% of revenue and strengthened New York's John F. Kennedy Airport as a hub for Delta's business travelers...