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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ocean Breeze, requests for a castle and a space station were approved, but grownups nixed a plea for a haunted house lest it attract graffiti. After the diagrams were drawn up, community leaders received from Leathers' firm spiral-bound manuals detailing exactly what lumber and tools were needed. Some critics have voiced concern about the safety of volunteer-built playgrounds, but Leathers insists only the best materials are used and the workers are strictly supervised. "One thing we have learned is that we can't cut corners," says Leathers. "Playgrounds have to be tough because kids put them through such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Johnny Appleseed of the Swing Set | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

Introducing Colono’s history of violence in a new trial may improve Pring-Wilson’s chances, Abramson said. If the SJC upholds Quinlan’s ruling, it may even result in a plea bargain rather than a new trial, he added...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ex-Grad Student’s Retrial Appealed | 1/3/2007 | See Source »

...Night" is another lonely-in-the-cold ballad - "If I could only have you near / To breathe a sigh or two / I would be happy just to hold the hands I love / On this winter's night with you" - that McLachlan treats as both a prayer and a plea. In her take on Joni Mitchell's "River" she gives us a little epiphany. Twice she sings "I wish I had a river so long, I would teach my feet to fly" - and the second time, she holds the last word for 10 seconds, as it gathers strength, touches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 12 CDs of Christmas | 12/22/2006 | See Source »

Gregory Summers' last request sounded like the far-flung pinings of a romantic poet. Just before he died, the 48-year-old told friends he wanted Tuscany to be his final resting place. Summers' burial plea, though, was not that of a sentimental soul, but of a Texan triple-murder convict on death row. And Tuscany held no special place in his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dead Man's Walk Ends Far from Home | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...Jazz and Latin really go hand in hand—they’re like two rooms in the same house, to use Dizzy Gillespie’s expression,” said Lynch. The Harvard band will perform “E.P.’s Minor Plea,” one of Lynch’s original compositions, dedicated to Palmieri and arranged for the big band. Director Everett hopes that listeners will leave the concert with a newfound—or perhaps merely reinforced—“enthusiasm for the music.” Tickets...

Author: By Yelena S. Mironova, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Take Live: Jazz in Lowell | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

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