Word: openings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From inside the factories the whirring of industrial productivity warned me that hard hats would probably be required. So the factories were out for exploration. That's all right, I like pubs better. Unfortunately so early in the morning, only two were open. In Cronin's pub the manager was chopping onions and watching Pep Rally Week on one of the game shows. In another, four men in logo t-shirts were polishing linoleum counter tops and floors...
This place was decidedly blue collar, and clearly landlocked. And the pubs weren't even open...
...professional school serving society's need for excellence in government, but we see our purpose as much broader. We train people for every level of public service: federal, state, local and international. Our focus is not exclusively on American society and in training individuals from other societies, we open the eyes of American students to non-American viewpoints. That helps us avoid parochialism in our teaching...
Things get better, though, as we retreat from the blond wood facade of Ann Taylor and stumble on the Haymarket, where fresh fruits and vegetables are sold each Friday and Saturday as part of an open-air Boston tradition dating back to the city's founding. We ogle the eggplants and almost buy sizzling Italian sausage, but restrain ourselves. We reach into the bag of candycorn, resigned...
...tragedy here is not that Tawana Brawley lied. The tragedy is that the next Black victim of a racial crime who tells the truth may not be believed. Once someone cries wolf, it is not easy to be open-minded the next time around. It is unfortunate for all New Yorkers that the memories of Sharpton, Maddox and Mason may last far longer in New York than their careers as activists...