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...sailing through Times Square past the Art Deco Paramount Building. Art Deco - that decorative fusion of Art Nouveau, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism and Futurism - made its debut at Paris' 1925 International Exposition. In a New York minute, the style took Manhattan and was replicated in interiors, fabrics, typefaces and that local speciality, the skyscraper...
...certainly have to add to that list. Don't forget bailing out the financial system, helping deficit-ridden state and local governments, revamping the auto industry and funding more global-development assistance to defeat terrorism and overcome instability. Add it up and it will require perhaps 5% of national income on top of our current spending, or approximately 25% of our total...
...history has contributed to the agency's $2.8 billion loss for the year. That partly explains why shipping prices will rise 5% this month (a bigger hike than all shipping increases in 2008), with a stamp price jump to follow in May. The decline could also put your local letter carrier out of a job, and it has even stoked fears that the centuries-old Postal Service could one day go the way of the telegraph...
...constantly looking for new funders to support important work we do,” he said. The Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School received $768,739 from JEHT in 2005 for a three-year project aimed at invigorating state and local enforcement of human rights standards. “The grant was fully paid some time ago, so we do not expect any impact on our work from the Madoff scandal,” Kennedy School professor Christopher E. Stone ’78, faculty chair of the program, said in an e-mail...
Karsten is also trying to limit disruptions to local residents. He requires his guides to stop their bikes near a restaurant or hotel every 20 minutes so passengers can relieve themselves indoors. "I hate when they pee on the street," he says. "It looks unprofessional." And, aware that drunken tourists sometimes block traffic when they struggle to pedal, he plans to add an electrical mechanism to the undercarriage this year to "help push the bike forward." In a city known for its tolerance, these efforts may be enough to assuage angry residents - and keep the beer flowing, and the bike...