Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stairs exiting the Park St. T-Station lead up to a "Fried Dough" stand, where the large-bellied man selling the dough is doing exceptionally good business. The beautiful afternoon has brought dozens of people to Boston Common, but the springtime weather and the typical Sunday crowds aren't enough to account for the long dough lines. Some customers are holding blue and white Greek flags, and one elderly man says it's Greek Independence...
Thousands of Bostonians, not all of them Greek, stand on the sidewalks of Tremont St. Elderly people chat in groups of two or three; parents buy balloons for their children and scold them for running into the street. A couple of delis across from the park have signs in the windows declaring that they are closed for the holiday; maybe their Greek owners are in line, waiting for fried dough...
...singer George Michael, one of Princess Diana's favorite singers, was arrested for investigation of engaging in lewd conduct in a park restroom, police said Tuesday. Michael was arrested shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday outside Will Rogers Park in Santa Monica, CA, after an undercover officer on a crime suppression detail allegedly saw him engaging in a lewd act, Lt. Edward Kreins said. "I can't go into details of the lewd act," said Kreins, who noted that the singer was alone at the time. The British-born Michael gave police his real name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, and then supplied...
...most cities, they build enough hotel rooms to handle guests who come for business or to see attractions like Disneyland. But in Las Vegas, the hotels are the attractions, and "The Strip" is one huge theme park. They keep adding more rooms, and more guests keep coming to fill them. It's like a perverse twist on Kevin Costner's line inField of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come." Vegas built it, and the people are still coming...
...Asian world [WORLD, March 16]. I found myself thirsting for more wisdom from this remarkable man, particularly for a more detailed critique of the roles of the U.S. and the IMF in ameliorating the Asian crisis. Singapore is indeed fortunate to have such a leader. ERIK C. LARSEN Winter Park...