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...that night had been a rousing success, and in three days a contract was to be signed for the final phase of his proudest achievement: a fiveyear, $194 million renewal of Lynn's downtown. Vast, empty Victorian brick factories, relics of the Lynn's long reign as "Shoe Capital" of the nation, were being recycled to serve a reawakening city as offices, stores, apartments and classrooms. But as he drove along Boston Street, Magrane was seized with panic. "I saw flames and said, 'Oh, my God, what's that...
Farther back in Lynn's own rich 352-year history is an even more reassuring example. Almost to the day 92 years ago, the "Great Lynn Fire" gutted four banks, three newspapers, 158 factories, 128 homes and 80 shoe companies, the latter reflecting an industry entrenched in Lynn since 1635. That blaze, claims Retailer Barry Zimman, a former president of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, unexpectedly brought Lynn renewed prosperity. It cut a swath through small outdated structures that were replaced by big brick shoe factories-some of them destroyed in what residents are already calling the "Second Great...
...rose again, to 8.4%, the highest level in six years, up from 8% in October and 7% in July. This means that about 9 million Americans and their families are facing the Christmas holidays without paychecks. Says Steve Kelly, 25, who was laid off by a sawmill in Horse Shoe Bend, Idaho, and must now support his wife and son on a $525-a-month unemployment benefit: "There's not much a guy can do. We have payments on the car, pickup and house. After we buy food, we just pay some bills...
...kids who want to ride and not push, there used to be any number of options, from the traditional kiddy-cart to the sporty Big Wheel. This year, though, the "Shoe-Skate Rider." seems all the rage. Now, this takes a little explaining. Imagine one of those running shoes/roller skates; now imagine it three times lifesize and made entirely out of cheap plastic. Now imagine buying...
...Government witness against Kuhn and the other defendants; he has admitted accepting money through Kuhn but denied going along with any fix. When Sweeney spoke of shamefully tacking the $500 in his closet, it recalled Ed Warner of C.C.N.Y. three decades ago, hiding the money in a shoe-box in an aunt's basement. They must have felt about the same...