Word: maintainence
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Retirees and people with a second home like the condos because they are easy to maintain, but a surprising number of locals buy apartments so they can be close to what Mayor Goodman calls, without irony, the intellectual center of Vegas. That center is being defined, in true American fashion, not by an ocean or an island but by a stretch of highway. "That's the view," says Lorenzo Fertitta from the presidential suite at the Green Valley Ranch. "The Strip is the beach and the water...
...never had - one in which people no longer change cell-phone numbers every six months to escape from debts and exes. Developers are racing to put up 20-story condo towers near the Strip. Retirees and people with second homes like the condos because they are easy to maintain, but a surprising number of locals buy so they can be near what Mayor Goodman calls, without irony, the intellectual center of Vegas. That center is being defined, in true American fashion, not by an ocean or an island but by a stretch of highway. "That's the view," says casino...
...major diplomatic row between France and Israel. But it's also a signal of deeper tensions on the question whether it is the "manifest destiny" of the almost two-thirds of the world's Jewish population who live outside of Israel to emigrate to that country to help maintain a Jewish majority...
...WHAT WILL THE BANKRUPTCY ENTAIL? The job of Portland bankruptcy judge Elizabeth Perris is to establish the diocese's assets, its legitimate creditors and how many cents per available dollar each should receive. She will oversee its finances in the meantime, so Vlazny can maintain day-to-day operation without squandering those assets. She is not empowered to unilaterally close down parishes or lay off staff...
...wrote about how Bush Administration officials looked into reshaping America's stance on torture [June 21]. Torture is torture. Period. Honor is honor. Period. There are no shades of gray. If the U.S. wishes to hold itself up as the light of freedom and civil rights, it must maintain moral principles in all situations. Punishment of the soldiers directly involved in the Abu Ghraib abuse is pure hypocrisy if we do not also bring to justice everyone in the military chain of command, as high up as necessary. The U.S.'s standing in the world community requires this. MICHAELENE PENDLETON...