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...meeting of the American Association of School Architects in Atlantic City next month, and a winner will be selected. There is, however, one problem with Riverview. The district's beleaguered taxpayers last spring voted down a $3.6 million bond issue to pay for operating the school. Result: its playground is still an unplanted sea of mud, its windows boarded up. In fact, the new $1.9 million building may be the best designed school that never opened its doors for classes...
Assistant professor of Government Peter Lange said his favorite sports are tennis and squash, and that he tries to play two games a week. Once in a while, Lange said, "I like to play playground basketball in my neighborhood." Lange cited enjoyment and "release of tension" as the reasons for his activity...
...Yankee Stadium. Holders of maturing city securities will be turned away emptyhanded. Some of the city's 18 public hospitals will be closed. Subsidies to the Metropolitan Museum, to plays in Central Park and other cultural activities will be cut off. Vendors of "nonessential" city supplies ranging from playground baseball bats to power turbines will not be paid on time. Thousands more-perhaps tens of thousands-city employees will be fired...
...zany mixture of razzle-dazzle football, playground basketball and soccer, Ultimate Frisbee has sprouted on campuses in the East in the past few years and is spreading westward. It could prove to be just the solution for colleges crippled by the runaway cost of athletics -as well as for students who want to play a team sport that avoids high-pressure, must-win contests...
...softspoken, easygoing son of an Indianapolis construction worker, McGinnis learned his basketball on a dusty playground not far from the one where former N.B.A. Superstar Oscar Robertson honed his game. He went to the Pacers after only two years at Indiana University, and has learned to enjoy the amenities that come with his $200,000 annual salary: a three-bedroom bachelor apartment, a stable of four show horses, a red Jaguar and a 19-ft. Chris-Craft...