Word: parkes
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...Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination has provided black radio with several center stage moments. "When you need the black vote you deal with black radio, and that's what happening," says Ronald Walters, a professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland at College Park. (See pictures of the Civil Rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama...
...some diseases, climate change will be boon. Take malaria - right now, the insect-borne disease is mostly confined to hot tropical areas, which is why you don't need to take quinine when you're hiking through Central Park. But if temperatures increase, the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite will be able to expand their range, while more intense rainstorms will give them more places to breed. A report this year by Australia's Center for Epidemiology and Public Health estimated that between 20 to 80 million more people will be living in malarial regions...
...effort to free up parking spaces for patrons of local stores and restaurants, the city of Cambridge has just made it a little costlier to park a car in Harvard Square. A notice on the city’s website announced that the parking meter rates in both Harvard and Kendall Squares will double next week; the 25 cents that currently buy a half hour will soon only be worth a 15-minute stint. Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association Denise A. Jillson said that the decision resulted from ongoing discussions regarding parking in the square, especially...
...slow process for them to adopt the idea," says George Heffernan, vice president and general counsel. Mindcrest's services include document review, research and support for compliance functions. The last cost large companies an average of $2.9 million each in 2006, according to Financial Executives International in Florham Park...
...Harare township of Warren Park, for the first time that anyone can remember, political graffiti has begun to appear on clapperboard walls and the backs of tin sheds. Alongside election posters for Robert Mugabe, unseen hands scrawl messages to the President. "Chinja Maitiro" reads one: "Change Your Way." Another declares: "Zuakwana," meaning "Enough." Nearby, a picture of the 84-year-old Zimbabwean leader has been defaced with blood-red tears and underneath is written the word: "Cheat." These are ominous signs for the despot who has ruled Zimbabwe for 28 years. But there are other, more urgent ones emerging elsewhere...