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...beat the best, you must play the best. Since California is the mecca for water polo, that’s exactly where the Harvard women’s water polo team traveled to compete against six of the West Coast’s best teams, including two ranked opponents, over spring break...
...built-in advantages over other cities. The University of Texas and the state government - Austin is the capital - provide some economic stability. And as the Southwest's technology center, Austin is home to many high-growth (though high-risk) companies. It is also a music mecca and the gateway to Texas hill country, attributes that help it attract desirable workers. For all these reasons, it hasn't been battered quite as hard as other cities by the recession; the unemployment rate was nearly 3 points below the national average at the end of last year. Still, the metro area...
...Olympics is the mecca of sporting controversy, and it is precisely because its system of values is not standardized or agreed upon. Countries compete unofficially for the highest medal count, but should total medals count more than type? Although the United States won a record 37 medals at last month’s Vancouver games, they won five fewer gold medals than Canada; should silver and bronze medals have put our nation in the lead...
Pretend you’ve actually crossed the globe with a trip into Asian cuisine. Gorge yourself on dim sum at China Pearl, or make your way to the Super 88 in Allston, a Chinese grocery and restaurant mecca, to stock up on all the essentials...
...whom Rangel unseated in 1970, and together shattered scores of racial barriers, attaining offices once dismissed as off-limits and paving the way for the ascension of black leaders around the country. In the process, they turned Harlem - long the epicenter of African-African culture - into a political mecca, its pull strong enough to entice former President Bill Clinton to base his foundation headquarters on the district's main thoroughfare of 125th Street. But with Rangel, 79, giving up his gavel, the Paterson era in Albany lurching toward an end and Dinkins having long since stepped away from the scene...