Word: riverfront
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...appeal represents another bump in the road in Harvard’s lengthy quest to develop its choice parcel of riverfront land...
...tight wooden houses lean toward the concrete banks of the Ao River like drunkards looking for support and not finding much. But winning the job of Communist Party Secretary there was Huang Jingao's big chance. He'd oversee the completion of renovations to the county town's riverfront and then could reasonably expect promotion to a bigger town in his coastal province, Fujian. The county's top position was a reward to the 52-year-old cadre for exposing corruption and braving death threats in a nearby city, and now he expected a quieter time. "I really...
...investigation led to jail terms for five prominent Party officials. On the day Huang reported for duty at Lianjiang in January 2002, a hundred residents stopped him to say the government had torn down their homes and rescinded promises of compensation. Huang concluded that the city had transferred riverfront land to a developer for half its real value. The giveaway was greased, Huang says, by gifts from the contractor to officials. He ordered 33 of them to return their gifts and halted construction. The company that won the riverfront-development contract, Yuansheng Real Estate Corp., denies all wrongdoing and says...
...tour of the Minneapolis, Minn., riverfront and such historic landmarks as the Stone Arch Bridge and the Mill City Museum can take a lot of time and shoe leather. But Bill and Emily Neuenschwander's tours can guide you through much of the city's history quickly, with a nod to the future: the mode of transportation is the Segway Human Transporter. The Neuenschwanders started offering tours via the scooter-like device this spring as a sideline to their computer-consulting business. Now they have a fleet of 21 Segways and are attracting 150 customers a week...
After holding the three-month job interview from hell, DONALD TRUMP picked a winner on his NBC show, The Apprentice: Chicago entrepreneur BILL RANCIC, 32, whose new, $250,000-a-year job is to manage construction of a 90-story luxury riverfront building in his hometown. Upon edging out his rival Kwame Jackson, Rancic declared, "The American Dream is still alive." They used to say the same thing about the Donald's hair...