Word: metropolitanism
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...paralyzed," says Frank Popper, chairman of urban studies at Rutgers University. "Nationwide, no one has been able to place a major hazardous- waste dump since 1980. No large metropolitan airport has been sited since 1961. The lack of locations for new prisons has caused such overcrowding that / some cities have had to release convicted prisoners." Worse, the solutions to these conflicts have tended to be quick fixes. After years of squabbling, Congress finally chose Nevada as a site for nuclear-waste storage, mainly because the state wielded less political clout than the other two contenders, Texas and Washington...
...achievement, uneven though it looks, is a distinguished one. It can be assayed in the retrospective of some 200 works -- paintings, prints, drawings, photocollages, stage designs -- that, having originally been put together by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, opens this week at New York City's Metropolitan Museum...
...section and then in Woodward's investigative unit. Though her initial response to the Post's overtures was an "absolute no," Amsterdam now sees the job as the ultimate challenge. "Fear is a good reason to take a job," she insists. "My goal is to make this a great metropolitan newspaper...
...campaigning on the promise to expel France's roughly 4 million immigrants and reimpose the death penalty, had undeniable grass-roots appeal, but his support had been expected to reach no higher than 11%. Instead it mushroomed across the country, reaching more than 20% in eight metropolitan departments. The burly ex-paratrooper grabbed 28.3% of the vote in Marseilles, France's second largest city, topping all other major candidates. A total of some 4.4 million citizens supported the ultra-rightist. As the dimensions of Le Pen's breakthrough became apparent, the National Front leader declared on television, "We have...
House newletters and the Yard Bulletin havecarried notices from the administration askingthat students not use projectiles to pelt therafts, Frenkel said. The Bulletin said extrapolice from the Metropolitan District Commissionand Boston will supervise the event...