Word: reconstructionism
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It won't be that way again. Nobody's asking for donations before the fighting starts, because nobody expects any to come in. "There's a realization," says a senior intelligence official, "that other governments would not be nearly as forthcoming this time." And the problem is, it isn't...
Economic realities demand that there be some reconstruction of the 11.5 million square feet of office space lost when the towers were laid low. But why not a built-over West Street, or elsewhere in the large stretches of Lower Manhattan that could be redeveloped? Indeed, why it was necessary...
With states facing their worst fiscal pinch since World War II and all but one of them required by law to balance their budgets, nearly every Governor is facing unpleasant choices this year. And in an upending of conventional politics, it's the Republicans who are leading the way to...
"We will mobilize a people's movement across the country which will take over thousands of mosques that were built over demolished Hindu temples." PRAVEEN TOGAIDA, leader of the fundamentalist World Hindu Forum, vowing drastic action if the Indian government blocks reconstruction of a temple on a long-disputed site...
Other cities in the recent past have experienced large-scale destruction—Berlin, Beirut, Kobe and Sarajevo, are prominent examples. The focus for these cities has been on reconstruction to restore normalcy after war or natural disaster. Yet for the WTC site, renewal and reconstruction efforts are clearly not...