Word: metropolitanism
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...Hilles’ amazing architectural pedigree. The architects who designed Hilles—Max Abramowitz and Wallace K. Harrison, a Worcester native—are also credited together or separately with the design or layout of Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Headquarters, and the Lincoln Center complex (including the Metropolitan Opera House, an obvious cousin of Hilles) in New York City, among others. The College certainly can’t go wrong deferring as much as possible to their original design...
...Korean War. Planners carefully spaced Ilsan's new high-rises to slow any onslaught from enemy tanks and troops. In those days, the town's proximity to North Korea made it an unpopular place to live. Today, property prices are as high as those in the rest of metropolitan Seoul. "Lots of people want to live here," says real estate broker Kim Bok Chun, 50. "There's lots of fresh air." The threat of a nuclear test by the North? "This isn't affecting the price of apartments," he says. "North Korea won't attack us with nukes...
...Washington. The courtly intellectual's feats of diplomacy included persuading the deposed Shah of Iran to leave the U.S. for Panama during the Iranian hostage crisis; helping manage the media during Clinton's Whitewater flap; and urging onetime client Mick Jagger to wear a tie to Washington's tony Metropolitan Club. A lifelong Democrat, he recently served on President Bush's commission to investigate pre-9/11 intelligence failures...
...Moreno, 58, has been guided by a basic mantra: "When you take a risk, you're either thinking you're real smart or you're real dumb." Moreno is feeling pretty bright right now as he moves to expand the Angels brand throughout the 16.7 million-strong Los Angeles metropolitan area--and beyond--by phasing out a small-market moniker. "If you're going to niche market," says Moreno, "you're going to get trapped...
Louie said that while the study does focus on the metropolitan Boston area, the results also reveal racial discrimination within Boston itself...