Word: metropolitane
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...firebug antics on the MTV cartoon show Beavis and Butt-head and the traffic-dodging pranks in Disney's 1993 film The Program. This time, however, the filmmakers appear to have been warned. Jack Lusk, senior vice president in charge of movie permits for New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority, says the MTA cooperated with the filming, but not with the token-booth scenes. "We objected to the torching of the booth," he says. "We said the torching was not central to the movie, and that it was a dangerous thing to do and could lead to violence...
...states, just as U.S. trucks will have access to Mexico's northern highways. It's an aspect of NAFTA that is prompting second thoughts. Pro-NAFTA Texas Attorney General Dan Morales warns that unless the Federal Government takes action, there will be danger of a spill occurring in a metropolitan area: "This deadly cargo, carried under such conditions, is nothing short of a time bomb...
...much of its budget between 1982 and 1992 erecting a $100 million building" in Tokyo. Indeed, the U.N. University headquarters building is located in downtown Tokyo, and its construction did come to slightly more than $100 million. However, it was built on a site made available by the Tokyo metropolitan government. Its construction was entirely financed by the government of Japan. Not a single dollar was drawn from the university's budget or, for that matter, from the U.N.'s regular budget, since the university is entirely financed through voluntary contributions. HEITOR GURGULINO DE SOUZA, Rector U.N. University Office...
Even as a significant economic sector in the population, we must be careful to step lightly. We don't pay taxes in Cambridge, so we should have an extra dose of respect for those around us who do. After all, they pay for the T, for the metropolitan police and for the public works from which we all benefit. Making the tour would be a lot harder without these essentially free resources...
...know how realistic it is," Enmi Sung '99 said. "I don't know how relevant that [grassroot campaigning] would be in metropolitan settings...