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Manchester, for those not fortunate enough to be acquainted with its sludgy canals and decaying factories, is a rundown post-industrial slum in the north-west of England. For two weeks in late July and early August, Manchester played host to the largest sports event to be held in England since the 1966 World...
...nightscapes to John Piper's records of war-torn London. Duncan Swann feels part of an "urban landscape" movement that includes people like Campbell, who mentions among his influences Jock McFadyen, Frank Auerbach and David Hepher, from earlier generations. Hepher is known for graffiti-scrawled tower blocks, McFadyen paints rundown roadside bars and sports stadiums, while Auerbach obsessively records the environs of his London studio. Swann, 33, will start a postgraduate course at London's Royal College of Art in a few months. He studied European finance and accountancy at Leeds Metropolitan and worked for Goldman Sachs before returning...
Mitchell—who is often mistakenly thought to be of Irish descent—was in fact born to Lebanese parents on August 20, 1933 in a rundown distinct of Waterville, Me. His father, who worked as a janitor at Maine’s Colby College, instilled in Mitchell the love of American democracy that led to his political career...
...ready model for future right-wingers. In fact, only the nationalities involved have changed from campaign to campaign. Pim Fortuyn became Mayor of Rotterdam after attacking the prevalence of gangs of Caribbean youths; the British National Party won an unprecedented 16.4 percent of the vote in the rundown industrial town of Oldham in 2001 for its anti-Pakistani policies. Le Pen, of course, focused his campaign on the criminal tendencies of North African immigrants in French urban areas...
...robbed of a run-scoring double when rightfielder James Lowe made a sparkling catch in the fifth. Camped out on third base later in the inning, freshman Schuyler Mann started home on a ball Brown starter Chris Davidson threw in the dirt, only to get caught in a rundown when the catcher recovered...