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...fact that is funny only when one learns that the Society is dedicated to re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th century civilizations. Neon Genesis Evangelion, Battlestar Galactica, and the ancient Phoenicians—what a combo!Maybe unforeseen synergies will indeed arise from these student space shotgun marriages. But many of them raise serious concerns. Harvard’s three competing satire magazines share the same offices, which will make it hard for the magazines to retain the independence of their operations. Cohabitation could help coordinate the efforts of Fuerza Latina, RAZA, and other Latino advocacy groups...
...months, he was. But then this week, someone nearly cut off his arm and shot Donaldson, 56, in the face with a shotgun. Donaldson had reportedly been warned by local law enforcement a couple of months ago of threats on his life, but he refused offers of special protection from both local police and the British. Tracked down to the remote, mountainous area of western County Donegal where he was living in self-imposed exile, in a run-down cottage with no electricity or running water, Donaldson became proof of the old notion that the only way for an informer...
...forgot about the last time I walked out of a documentary feeling guilty about my way of life. I couldn’t recall ever seeing an Enron, Fox News, or other large-corporation-whackumentary. And I certainly didn’t remember Michael Moore’s shotgun-style political ranting...
...Garden District, and you're like in the 'hood. And that's what makes New Orleans New Orleans." But New Orleans is already changing. In the 7th Ward, east of downtown in an area that got little flooding, Latoya Crump is overseeing work on her mom?s shotgun house painted a pale minty green with dark green gingerbread trim. But she?s heard that most of the African American residents, who rented their homes, aren?t returning, and she worries that the neighborhood will be gentrified by those with more money. "They keep saying come home, rebuild, but there...
Among architectural preservationists, the greatest fear six months ago was that developers eager for large tracts of open land would push the city to bulldoze whole neighborhoods of traditional housing, like the long, narrow "shotgun" houses that produce the intricate streetscape rhythms around large parts of the city. Because replacing them with cookie-cutter suburban development would destroy the heart of the city, the National Trust for Historic Preservation teamed with the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans to help finance the restoration of a number of flood-damaged older homes. The point was to show that it was entirely...