Word: rebuilders
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...When the Cheering Stops Jubilation and chaos greet the fall of Saddam's regime, leaving Iraqis and Americans puzzling over how to rebuild the nation
Before you dismiss McDonough as a lunatic, consider this: he has already won over a big-time convert by the name of Bill Ford. When the chairman of Ford Motor Co. decided to rebuild the company's historic River Rouge complex, destroyed by an explosion in 1999, he hired McDonough, who is based in Charlottesville, Va., as a sustainability expert to help make the new plant outside Detroit as environmentally friendly as possible. The result, which is scheduled to open next year, may not fulfill all McDonough's ideals, but it will be the greenest car factory ever. Thirty-five...
...finally at peace. The government paid $2,000 to her family to dismantle what was left of their home and rebuild it a few hundred meters away?beyond where the water could reach. The authorities then shut the pumping station and left the dike to rot. The wetland she had once labored to destroy has returned to water; where her old house once stood, her son has floated a huge cage to raise fish. Migratory birds, such as rare swans and spoonbills, have returned to the area. WWF lent Hu enough money to buy a sow, which will give birth...
...house, the vicious action of his son Hazim lit the fuse. In fighting the intifadeh, the Palestinians have pulled the walls of their society down on themselves. Like Sarasra, they sit helpless and angry in the detritus of what was, wondering how it will ever be possible to rebuild. "Our problem is so huge," says Sarasra, "how can anyone even imagine a solution...
...hotel has now been restored to its former glory and once again, the "colonials" from Dili?this time U.N. workers helping to rebuild the country?crowd the dining room on weekends. The view is expansive, the menu limited. The cook has only two strings to her bow: fried beef or fried chicken. "If you are here for two days it's perfect," explained the manager with Basil Fawlty logic. "One day you can have beef. The next you can have chicken." Either way, a decision has to be made before 5 p.m., to allow the cook time to purchase...