Word: mardi
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...Bourbon Street symbolizes much of what tourists knew to be New Orleans prior to Katrina. Outsiders thought of the city in terms of Mardi Gras beads and jazz, and this tourist hub was quick to provide the goods even after the storm. Though slightly less crowded now, the neon stretch still glows, populated by conventioneers and college students...
...people. It appears that the decision to rebuild the city is being questioned. How can the wealthiest country in the world turn its back on its own people? America may spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq but quibbles about spending money on New Orleans. Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city. Tony Keast Halifax, England...
...people. It appears that the decision to rebuild the city is being questioned. How can the wealthiest country in the world turn its back on its own people? America may spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq but quibbles about spending money on New Orleans. Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city. Tony Keast Halifax, England On a Different Wavelength Joe Klein's column "Bush's broken political antenna" [March 6] remarked that in response to recent controversies, ranging from the debate over foreign control of U.S. ports...
...struck by the vibrancy of the place and the friendliness of the people. It appears that the decision to rebuild the city is being questioned. How can the U.S. turn its back on its own people, but spend $30 billion reconstructing Iraq? Let's hope that the recent Mardi Gras celebration will rally public opinion in favor of rebuilding the once proud city...
...from the madness that was Mardi Gras in downtown New Orleans, developers are hoping to start a frenzy of their own-in real estate along the Mississippi River. The French, it turns out, knew what they were doing when they built the Vieux Carre at the bend in the river. That section of the city didn't flood after Hurricane Katrina, even after the levees broke, because it was on higher ground. Now, while homeowners in suburban New Orleans worry that neighborhoods will be bulldozed for parks and greenways, the moneymen are hoping to lure people back into the city...