Word: metropolitanism
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...grime and graffiti; rush-hour rib crunching; well-publicized crime ranging from muggings to people being pushed in front of onrushing trains; and to top it off, a projected $200 million deficit for the coming fiscal year. Faced with these losses, and trying to preserve a 500 fare, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority turned down the two striking unions' demands for a 15% raise in the first year of the new contract and a 10% raise in the second. Instead, the M.T.A. proposed a 6% hike in each year. John Lawe, a leader of the Transport Workers Union, whose members...
...sealed gray casket of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero rested on the steps of San Salvador's huge Metropolitan Cathedral, a wreath of red roses at its head. Mexican Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, the personal delegate of Pope John Paul II, had just finished a eulogy, praising Romero as a "beloved, peacemaking man of God" and prophesying that "his blood will give fruit to brotherhood, love and peace." Suddenly, the outdoor funeral service in the center of El Salvador's capital was transformed into a tableau of horror: exploding hand bombs, wild gunfire, terrified crowds stampeding in panic...
...square-block area of Somerville. Police cars cruising the streets announced the order to evacuate in English to a largely Spanish-speaking community. Many of those in the Somerville neighborhoods in danger had no transportation. And for those who owned cars, getting out proved almost as difficult--Metropolitan District Police barricaded most major thoroughfares near the accident. Many downwind of the leak were exposed during the morning hours. As late as 90 minutes after the crash, workers in one insulation plant were only beginning to emerge into the hazy streets...
...bloodletting between right and left extremists that has already claimed more than 700 victims this year. Thousands of others thronged to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, where Romero's body lay in state, and joined a silent procession behind the cortege as it was taken to the Metropolitan Cathedral. "He was our father and protector," explained one grief-stricken woman carrying a small bouquet of yellow flowers. Said a middle-aged salesman: "The people will never forget this vile...
...last week of the New York campaign was beautifully choreographed--the visit to Metropolitan Hospital, the session with the Hasidic Jews, speaking on the same spot in the South Bronx where Carter made his promises four years ago, the visit with Cardinal Cooke...