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...Frank's greatest contribution to the House has been his work on the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and especially on the Housing sub-committee. He has been an eager proponent of affordable housing for the poor, elderly and handicapped...
Garreau's "edge cities" are very different from traditional suburbs that looked to the nearby city as their center. "They're not sub-anything," he says. "They are now the standard form of American urban life." As jobs and cultural attractions have moved out to such places, the people who live there have little reason to venture into old cities at all. "I never, ever go to the city," says Joan Schimansky, 43, a resident of the Miami suburb of Kendall. "There's not much down there for a family with two kids...
...groupies" have many words to describe their favorite nighttime eatery: "Community," "An institution," "Culture" and "Sub-culture...
...part by canceling production of unnecessary weapons systems. . . On the Other Hand: On the eve of the Connecticut primary, Clinton reminded voters that he supports the construction of the $2 billion Seawolf nuclear submarine, which happens to be built in Groton, Conn. Bush's budget deleted the sub as too costly and unnecessary...
...controversial new book, Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture, Rifkin manages to blame the world's burgeoning population of bovines for a staggering spectrum of ecological ills. In the U.S., he charges, runoff from mammoth feedlots is despoiling streams and underground aquifers. In sub- Saharan Africa, cattle are contributing to desertification by denuding arid lands of fragile vegetation. In Central and South America, ranchers are felling tropical rain forests and turning them into pastures for their voracious herds. "The average cow," claims Rifkin, "eats its way through 900 lbs. of vegetation every month. It is literally...