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...while it never matched the soaring growth of neighboring Kendall and Harvard Squares, Barron says Central Square was on its way to a rebirth of sorts...
...economic problems can be negotiated among the Germans themselves, but among their neighbors, unification has aroused quite different concerns. Will a united Germany mean the rebirth of dreaded words like Lebensraum and Drang nach Osten? In short, will a united Germany turn nationalistic, threaten its neighbors and try to dominate Europe? "Today the Germans want to think of the future," says Fritz Stern, Seth Low professor of history at Columbia University, "but their neighbors are thinking of the past...
...garbage glut has prompted thousands of parents to toss their disposable diapers and turn back to cloth. Their environmental awareness has fueled a rebirth for diaper services in hospitals and homes, sending revenues up 38.5% last year, to $250 million. Riteway Diaper Service of Brooklyn, N.Y., has had a 300% increase in demand over the past twelve months. Dy-Dee Service of Washington, D.C., kept more than 400 families on a waiting list late last year. General Health Care, which owns a string of 13 diaper services from New York's Long Island to Phoenix, is adding...
Even so, opponents are steadfast. James Shannon, the attorney general of Massachusetts, plans to appeal the decision in federal court. Nuclear power opponents contend that the decision represents no rebirth for the industry, since the plant's cost overruns have prompted hefty rate increases for consumers in New England...
...days that shook the world, dissident playwright Vaclav Havel was swept out of political detention into the presidency of Czechoslovakia. Last week Havel delivered to a joint meeting of Congress an extraordinary speech about democratic ideals, the rebirth of the human spirit and America's role in the post-cold...