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...Kiss your mall goodbye"? Yeah, right. It will happen as soon as the radio replaces the newspaper and the computer eliminates paper. GEORGE DAVIS Macon...
...path leads the eye upward, where finally, around a bend, a small pool and fountain rest serenely. Across the street, the steps to the library itself are decorated in words in many languages and split by a series of pools and sculptures. There are open courtyards, a sunken mall and beautiful glassy buildings that reflect light down to the street...
Unfortunately, what sounds good in theory has been useless in practice. When I go home and visit the mall, I still get stares, hear people whispering about my origins and run into little kids speaking Sam Brownback-style to me. Names and stereotypes won't ruin my good moods, because I figure the people who use them don't know any better. I'm used to this, but, as my world opens up more and more, home in Topeka feels increasingly distant and unpleasant...
...concerts, parades and fireworks--only more so. While the official estimate in area papers was "several hundred thousand," that's kind of like saying Mt. Everest is big, or Antarctica is cold, or that the Federal Government has a bureaucracy. By the start of the fireworks at nightfall, the Mall was covered by a sea of people extending from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the steps of the Capitol nearly three miles away...
Ninety percent of the mall intercepts get $2 to $7 just to fill out a questionnaire, or they get a product to take home and try out. For those who put in more time, say, in a focus group, as much as $150 can be earned. And all this is done in the cozy comfort of thoroughly researched decor. Pinks and blues, says Teresa, are "calming colors...