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...preservation from a grass-roots trend to a mainstream movement. During her 16-year tenure with the Department of the Interior, she has helped designate more than 200 structures and districts as National Historic Landmarks. Among her assorted trophies are Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in Bear Run, Pa., and the elephant-shaped hotel in Margate City, N.J. While there are 55,000 sites, properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places, there are only 2,000 National Historic Landmarks. Being included on that exclusive roll is preservation's premier distinction...
...This league wouldn't fly in rich places," Lars said. Last season, the upper-class Fairfax, Va., franchise had folded. The blue-collar Scranton, Pa., organization had survived...
...long run, even with their fits and starts, they may accomplish more of their goals than past generations did. "No one is going to say we are anything but slow and steady, but how else are we going to go?" asks Ann Evangelista, 21, of West Chester, Pa. "I could walk this slow and steady way, and maybe I'll end up winning the race." For this crowd, Camelot may be a place in the future, not just a nostalgia trip to the past...
...twelfth veto. And he is not vetoing bills passed narrowly by the Democratic congressional majority. The FMLA is an example. This bill received vocal support in the House not only from Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Co.) but also from Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and Rep. Marge Roukema (R-N.J.), as well as more than 30 other Republicans. And in the Senate, where the bill passed unanimously, not only Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Ma.), but also Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Kan.) submitted floor statements in support. That these...
...treatment does not necessarily get at the root cause of the behavior and may harm some people more than help them. "Addiction is used so interchangeably with everything that it loses its meaning," says Robert Csandl, who runs sex- offender and substance-abuse treatment programs in Allentown, Pa. "Even if you're using the word addiction metaphorically, it blurs good assessment, which is essential to starting appropriate treatment." Johns Hopkins researcher John Money sees the focus on sex addiction as a fad. "People trying to make money on it better hurry up," he says. "It'll probably...