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...catalytic mixing of people that fuels urban conflict also spurs the initiative, innovation and collaboration that move civilization forward. The late social critic Lewis Mumford once remarked that "the city is a place for multiplying happy chances and making the most of unplanned opportunities." Curitiba's mayor, Jaime Lerner, bases his whole approach to urban planning on this idea. "If life is the art of encounter, then the city is the setting for encounter," he says. Curitiba has multiplied the chances for encounters by providing its citizens with an abundance of pedestrian walks and parks. Even the bus terminals make...
Though "we could have made [Asaad] pay to join [the coalition]," according to Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Barbara Lerner, Baker and the State Department "gave him a cynical, senseless and deadly bribe, winking at his annexation of Lebanon, turning a blind eye to the terrorist networks he controls and letting him export Bekaa Valley opium with impunity...
...Leary's lineup stars with junior Rachel Lerner in the stroke seat, senior Co-Captain Kristin Stoddard in the seven seat, followed by sophomore Tilde Hajek, Harber sophomore Kathryn Patton, junior Sasha Foster, senior Wendy Svatek, senior Rachel Green in bow and senior Mimi Smith in the coxswain's seat...
Just as more and more computer-wise workers will earn their keep from home offices, a growing number of students can expect to get their degrees without ever setting foot on campus. Susan Lerner, 40, of Burnt Ranch, Calif., is doing so now. An elementary school teacher at a remote Hupa Indian reservation, she has enrolled in a new M.A. program in educational technology offered by George Washington University in Washington, 2,500 miles away. Lerner takes two four-hour courses a week, beamed to her via the satellite dish in her yard, and keeps in touch with her professors...
Without Edwards, Coach Liz O'Leary's current lineup looks like this: junior Rachel Lerner at stroke, followed by senior and Acting Captain Kristi Stoddard, junior Meg Brooks, sophomore Tilde Hajek, junior Sasha Foster, senior Wendy Svatek, senior Rachel Greene and Kathryn Patton...