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That prospect deeply alarms Bostonians, who think the city already has a big enough rat problem. The rodents roam around Chinatown, and were recently spotted in city hall for the first time in memory. Says Mark Iapicca, who runs a parking lot beneath the elevated Central Artery: "There are already more rats than people around here, and they're bigger than my dog. They're underground now, but what happens when they go aboveground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Rats Are Coming | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...April, however, there are few swimmers, but couples, readers and sun-worshippers roam Truro's sands in the brisk breezes and 60-degree weather all the same. So, if you can't afford the Bahamas, remember, the less-crowded beaches make it better at the Cape...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Avoiding the Crowds | 2/18/1989 | See Source »

...weekend cottage in Greenwich, Conn., that Trump bought for $2 million. And the Boeing 727 jetliner and six helicopters. And much, much more. And whenever Trump wants to see his name in print, there is always some new prizefight to sponsor, or next spring's bicycle race that will roam from Trump Tower in Manhattan to Trump Plaza in Atlantic City and will be called -- what else? -- the Tour de Trump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flashy Symbol of an Acquisitive Age: DONALD TRUMP | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...shantytowns on Mexico City's outskirts, tens of thousands of people shelter in huts made of cardboard with aluminum roofs. There is no running water and no sanitation. The stench is overpowering: garbage and human waste heap up in piles. Rats roam freely, like stray domestic animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planet Of The Year: Overpopulation Too Many Mouths | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

...library-museum, and musicologist Thierry Beauvert, succinctly recounts the history of the fabled hall, but the real tour d'horizon is provided by Jacques Moatti's photographs, which take the reader from the subterranean lake beneath the mammoth building, where the Phantom of the Opera was said to roam, to the gilded statue of Apollo and his lyre, which soars some 230 ft. above the streets of Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Holiday Hamper Of Glowing Gift Titles | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

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