Word: sidewalk
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...last time I was at Fresh Pond, I noticed how packed down the mud was in a distinct track leading from the sidewalk to the top of the retaining wall, and from there over a snow pile into the parking lot. If I were to guess, I would say this is the main pedestrian route to the theater, and it is a dangerous...
Melissa R. Langsam's commentary "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (Jan. 9) advises men who wish to be gentlemanly to "walk on the street side of the sidewalk." This tip captures an ideal of the past--but only in form, not in spirit. Years ago, careening carriages and muddy streets threatened the pedestrian who walked on the street side of the sidewalk. Today, as some etiquette guides point out, the more immediate threat for female pedestrians often comes from dark alleyways on the "woman's" half of the sidewalk. EMILY R. SADIGH...
...when we're alone, or with friends. Make us feel special, subtly remind us that you actually want to spend time with us. Open doors for us, wait for our order to arrive before you attack your own plate of pasta, and walk on the street side of the sidewalk. Gentlemanly behavior is certainly admirable...
BAGHDAD: Imagine 535 congressmen squatting on a D.C. sidewalk scribbling anti-Iraqi graffiti, and you have some idea of the level of hysteria prevalent in Iraq right now. While Saddam Hussein continued to insist he does not want a war, all 250 members of his parliament met outside the building Monday to chalk "down with America" on the stone streets. Speaker Saadoun Hammadi urged all Iraqi families to do the same outside their homes...
According to McGarvey, the Design School opened shortly before Jiang's arrival to allow "hundreds of pro-Jiang supporters [to fill] the sidewalk to greet...