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...familiar 200 to 800 points.) As my editors know well, first-person writing can flop. But the College Board is now distributing a guide called "20 Outstanding SAT Essays"--all of them perfect scores--and many are unbearably mechanical and clichéd ("smooth sailing always comes after the storm"; "they say that history repeats itself...
...much as we may have wanted to avoid the issue in those first confusing days, because New Orleans was 67% African American prior to the storm, race played a significant role in criticisms of government, both local and federal, humanitarian aid and not surprisingly, the media. Fortunately, the fourth estate has its own self-policing mechanisms and is much faster than government and other industries at evaluating and scrutinizing itself. But it is only in recent years that the media has taken a look at how it relates to the country's racial divisions, and Katrina provided an opportunity...
...through some property listings online and finds some bargains not far from Old Metairie, a suburb west of New Orleans with million-dollar Mission Revival and English Tudor mansions. She points out a three-bedroom "cottage" with an asking price of $137,000 - down about a third from pre-storm prices. Even though the house took on nearly five feet of water after Katrina, she figures a young couple, professionals most likely, will grab it as a fixer-upper - or demolish it and build the home of their dreams...
...just indecision." Intent on saving their subdivision, he and neighbor Al Petrie, 53, decided to form a limited liability company (LLC) to buy up nearby properties to redevelop. By showing that it could be done, says Werling, "we figured we would have the block rebuilt 18 months after the storm...
...represents his neighbors in the new unified planning effort, bringing together consultants hired by the city and state. "New Orleans is a difficult city to leave. The people we lost did not have deep roots or had no financial means," he says. He does worry about the next storm, of course. "If there's another storm, I'll rethink, but I owe the city one more shot," Petrie says. In the meantime, he's one of those "speculators" investing in New Orleans, firm in his belief that property values will be back in three to five years...