Word: metropolitanism
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...there's definitely a dose of false sanctimony in the rush to trash Kennedy's mea culpa. It recalls the frenzy last autumn with which the British press jumped on model Kate Moss, after pictures seemed to show her snorting cocaine in a London studio. (Last week, a Metropolitan Police official invited Moss to return to Britain to make a confession of her own.) Perhaps confusing fashion models with role models, Britain's tabloids for days attacked Moss for setting a bad example. But even Moss seems to be making a comeback, with a cheeky Virgin ad satirizing her plight...
...Chertoff is claiming that the formula is much better. ?It?s going to be more robust, it?s going to be more precise,? he said. So this year, 35 metropolitan areas, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, will get some portion of the total $765 million. Most of those cities got money last year, too. Only Memphis, Tenn., is new to the list. But 11 areas that got money in 2005 are now essentially on probation; they will get more funding only if they convince DHS that they need more money to finish projects they?ve already started...
...strike declared early in the morning at the beginning of break. Over 30,000 bus and subway employees walked off from their jobs on Dec. 20, effectively crippling the city’s transportation network for nearly three days. The workers’ union reached an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Dec. 22 and agreed to return to work.But as the strike began with no immediate resolution in sight, the city fell into a state of confusion as its residents attempt to adjust to the situation. Overall, many thought that the traffic was worse approaching the bridges...
...union officials and politicians was on high boil. Michael Bloomberg called the union leaders thugs. Union president Roger Toussaint spat back, railing against the meddling of billionaire politicians who have never had to fight for their retirement. But behind the public volleys, private talks between the union and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) had already come close to an agreement that would get the trains rolling again. Shuttle diplomacy by a few low-profile labor mediators convinced the union to call off the strike, even without a contract, in time for the 4 p.m. shift to go straight to work...
...retrospective spans 30 years, incorporating 104 of Sugimoto's best works, pieces that bring fresh insight to philosophical dualities such as permanence and transience, perception and experience, time and nothingness. While Sugimoto, 57, has been the focus of one-man shows at the Guggenheim in Bilbao and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, this is the first time viewers can sample in one place the entire career of one of Japan's most important artists. The exhibition is long overdue not just because it highlights his consistently excellent work, but because it showcases a somewhat neglected version...