Word: orleanian
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...some observers, football is a lame excuse for the team's poor marketing efforts. "No one in our city seems to know about them," says Joe Brock, a native New Orleanian who is part owner of a local technology firm. "You go to the game and look around and wonder, 'why aren't there more people who know about this...
...Shavers and Hill were from very different backgrounds: he a native New Orleanian, she a North Carolina transplant who had lived in Nova Scotia. But their murders broke with the depressingly familiar trend of drug-related violence. And both victims were the type of involved, idealistic people that many feel are key to the city's recovery: Hill and Gailiunas, who has indicated that he will return to Canada, were part of the Food Not Bombs collective that provides meals to the poor, and Shavers successfully fought to establish a music program in one of New Orleans' notoriously underfunded public...
...After the students went on a tour of the city, one New Orleanian told them to not grieve, but rather take positive steps toward the city’s hoped-for rebirth...
...native New Orleanian who evacuated the city before the horror. Now, as I sit in San Diego, I try not to hate those responsible for the botched response to the hurricane. I've been listening to national politicians who state that what happened in New Orleans could not be anticipated. That is a blatant lie. It was common knowledge that we were vulnerable, and the levees were inadequate for a hurricane as strong as Katrina. For decades, our local and state officials have fought for funding to rebuild the eroding coasts and levees. Although I know that my immediate family...
...environmental degradation. Unless America's leaders devise a dramatic new approach for coping with hurricane disasters, we are destined to be devastated by many more Katrinas. We can only hope that this was the ultimate wake-up call. Michael F. Hamant Tucson, Arizona, U.S. I am a native New Orleanian, who evacuated the city before the horror. Now, as I sit in San Diego, I try not to hate those responsible for the botched response to the hurricane. I've been listening to national politicians who state that what happened in New Orleans could not be anticipated. That...