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...became "the nation's capital of racial (539 crimes) and sexual orientation (338 crimes) violence"! And the recent rout of fires, riots and earthquakes should, by statistical rights, only increase. Furiously researched and slashingly argued, this book is a 30-bell alarm by L.A. obsessive Davis (City of Quartz), who contends that most of the "acts of God" that have wrought such destruction in that city are, in fact, the results of greed, myopia and Machiavellian politicking. Upholders of the status quo will take issue with Davis' provocations, but the facts and terrifying statistics marshaled here should have folks racing...
...implement the process," says Mitraud, as she hurries to another meeting in Alto Paraiso. "If within five years I don't feel like I can leave here, then we've failed." But Mitraud's evangelism seems to be taking root. Says Irani Avelino Nascimento, an unemployed quartz miner turned park guide: "Before, I abused the environment and got little out of it," he says. "Now I respect it and earn a better wage. It's nice to think that we have a future...
...does it work? "It's a precision-cut quartz matrix," she explains...
...buoyant project scientist Matthew Golombek joked, "Here we have proof that Sojourner sort of nestled up and kissed Barnacle Bill." The high-tech buss, profferred by the rover's X-ray spectrometer, produced an unexpected finding: the rock was apparently loaded with silicon or silicon dioxide, commonly known as quartz...
BORN: Jan. 27, 1937, Paterson EDUCATION: Fordham U, B.A., 1959, M.A., 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Elsie; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1961-62; Army Reserve, 1962-67 OCCUPATION: City official; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: New Jersey Assembly, 1988-; mayor of Paterson, 1990- ADDRESS: 63 Quartz Lane, Paterson...