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...rise delicacies, they looked like ghostly evocations of the annihilated Trade Center--too much so for some people. The Port Authority also preferred Libeskind's design because it was less expensive and easier to integrate with their plans for transit lines and a rail station. And New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg liked the street life and plazas...
...Philippines," reads a sign at the Davao International Airport. It's a bit of a stretch, given that Davao is the largest metropolis on Mindanao, the perennially troubled southern Philippine island. But in some ways Davao was indeed an oasis of peace in a troubled region. Tough-talking Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's official policy was that everyone was welcome in his city?even Islamic separatists and communist rebels?as long as they didn't indulge in violence or mayhem. Anyone in Davao who stepped out of line was dealt with ruthlessly?and, for the past decade, Duterte's policy worked...
Bitten By The Big Apple Besieged by falling poll numbers and a $3.4 billion budget deficit, New York's Mayor and self-made billionaire Michael Bloomberg is leaving the city to do a little hunting - in his $10 million London townhouse. Next week, Bloomberg will host London's élite business leaders and try to sell them on moving their companies to New York. And he'll also meet London's Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone. The odd couple will talk about London's new congestion charge - something else Bloomberg is interested in importing. Does it pay to decamp? Here...
...addition to support from students and faculty, the strike has garnered hearty support from many New Haven residents and public figures. New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney, several religious leaders, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and former Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 have all shown up to speak at events. We applaud this community involvement, which is extremely important in pressuring the city’s major employer...
Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan says he agrees that the best thing to come out of the process is the city’s better relationship with Stone...