Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...want to go back to school. I haven't been back since this happened. How can I write? I can't do anything except eat and drink water from a cup. Sometimes I follow my father into the forest when he cuts wood to sell in the truck park. I used to wash my clothes and cook. But now I can't do those things. I play with my younger sisters, chasing them and wrestling. I still do that...
Some "swamp rats," of course, have been known to treat the Everglades like a trailer park. But most, like Hinsley and Kirk, say they just want to preserve Florida's version of outback cowboy life--and a rare piece of history. Since the pre-Columbian era, the stilt house has been as much a part of the Caribbean waterscape as the windmill in Holland. Venezuela got its name when conquistadors marveled at the Indians' stilt huts and dubbed it "Little Venice." The Spanish dotted the Florida coasts with stilt houses, often built from wrecked galleons...
This summer Governor Jeb Bush cited stilt houses as historic landmarks and helped renew the 20-year, submerged-land leases for existing houses on state property. That, however, does not cover the 25-year leases for Stiltsville, which is in Biscayne National Park. Their expiration this year fired up the federal wrecking ball--and local protesters, who rallied to save the site. Carl Hiaasen, who has used Stiltsville as a setting in his novels, argues that the houses can be lifesavers. He and his son, he wrote in the Miami Herald, once survived a violent storm by tying their boat...
...will likewise aim to capture street ambience and interact with viewers. But each set will offer a different aspect of the city's personality: NBC's, the Art Deco cool of Rockefeller Center; ABC's, the neon bustle of Times Square; CBS's, the fairy-tale vista of Central Park and the Plaza Hotel. "The idea of doing Christmas in New York City in the millennium year" from the site, gushes Early Show senior executive producer Steve Friedman, "is amazing." Meanwhile, GMA executive producer Shelley Ross praises her show's Broadway perch as "the crossroads of the world...
...exploding his product images to 400% of what they were at the original website. Customers are now able to examine details, textures and colors on their computer screen before choosing and paying for their Nicole Miller dresses and Giorgio Armani shirts--all in less time that it took to park the car at the mall. --Valerie Marchant...