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Although the march attracted attention, there were no major mishaps and traffic was not disrupted. Approximately 20 Cambridge police officers on foot, bicycles and motorcycles kept the march from spilling into the road by standing at the edge and saying "Keep on the sidewalk" to wayward marchers...
...walked on the sidewalk of Mill St., a 5'6 white man with long, dark, scruffy hair punched the student in the face...
What about those inviting vacant lots? "There's practically no such thing anymore," laments urban planner Robin Moore, a former president of the International Association for the Child's Right to Play. Thanks to sidewalk-free subdivisions, congested roads and ubiquitous commercial developments, "all the free space has been spoken for," says Moore. Roger Hart, an environmental psychologist at the City University of New York, cites a general "disinvestment in public space" as one reason children are playing less outdoors. Even public sandboxes are vanishing. Says Hart: "People have become paranoid about animal waste." What's more, as the average...
...What about those inviting vacant lots? "There's practically no such thing anymore," laments urban planner Robin Moore, a former president of the International Association for the Child's Right to Play. Thanks to sidewalk-free subdivisions, congested roads and ubiquitous commercial developments, "all the free space has been spoken for," says Moore. Roger Hart, an environmental psychologist at the City University of New York, cites a general "disinvestment in public space" as one reason children are playing less outdoors. Even public sandboxes are vanishing. Says Hart: "People have become paranoid about animal waste." What's more, as the average...
...Elsewhere, however, Chinese leaders appear to be dropping broad hints to help their American counterparts find a way to give face without losing any. President Jiang, in comments reported over the weekend, likened the situation to an incident in which two people bump into one another on the sidewalk, in which it would be customary to say "Excuse me." (He used the phrase in English...