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...moment that red-and-white bus rounds the corner, the mass on the stairs moves toward the pavement. The opportunists act like snakes, slithering around the horde to get the best seat on the bus. The slightly pushy edge toward the front of the crowd, hoping to jettison their way through, but at the same time hoping no one notices them. Those less adept at making their way through crowds are left to wait, forlorn, on the steps, watching the shuttle bus fill up and knowing it will not have room for them. And this happens on days when...
...What she concluded, and my research in Chicago supports this," Wilson says, "is that the number of low-skilled job applicants pounding the pavement for work far exceeds the number of jobs to be found. In fact, in the ghetto areas of the nation's 100 largest cities, there were 10 adults without a job for every 6 people who had one." Because of factors beyond their control, even well-qualified applicants from inner-city neighborhoods were unable to find work. Some employers told Wilson's research assistants that an address in a ghetto neighborhood was considered sufficient reason...
...request of the city, New England Development designed the first floor of the mall as an extension of the street, with pavement-like floors and pushcarts...
...then tornadoes have long been known for their capricious behavior. The same twists of wind that can derail trains and rip up pavement can be surprisingly gentle. Says National Weather Service meteorologist Donald Burgess: "I've seen a phonograph record driven through a telephone pole, and the record wasn't broken. I've seen a fridge thrown several hundred yards, while glasses on a nearby table weren't touched." Last month Betty Lou Pearce, a 64-year-old clerk from Pilot, North Carolina, hid from a tornado in her bathtub and moments later found herself sliding into the woods...
...next few months, the presidential campaign has shifted from the green fields of the Republic to the hard pavement of Pennsylvania Avenue. Forbes has folded, and Pat Buchanan remains on the hustings, a distant and noisy drummer. The scenario presents a curious and unique situation in American history, a Senate majority leader and a President, opposing candidates in a general election, who must work out some modus operandi while trying to knife each other in the back. (The only sitting Republican Senator--not even a majority leader--elected President in this century was Warren Harding. His slogan: "Return to Normalcy...