Word: suburban
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...imagine the closeness and joy an elderly Eastern European babushka must have felt in the early 20th century when she used a telephone for the first time, and heard the chirping words of her grandchild coming over the wire from the New World. We can lament the suburban neighborhoods that grew quiet when television held post-war children in the living room in the hours when they used to play Kick the Can. We can relax as planes, trains and automobiles zip us around the shrinking world--Boston today, New York tomorrow, Sri Lanka the next. We can both love...
Cell phones have taken the world and now America by storm. Suburban moms claim safety issues as they zealously brandish their phones at soccer games, drug dealers have needed phones for a long time, and people who are often on the road need to be in touch with their families and friends. But what do college students need mobile phones...
...Illinois gave $240 million in economic incentives to Sears, Roebuck & Co. to keep its corporate headquarters and 5,400 workers in the state by moving from Chicago to suburban Hoffman Estates. That amounted to a subsidy of $44,000 for each...
...injurers, their family and therapists. Strong's effort, by contrast, is a richly reported and achingly well-written account that benefits from a reporter's storytelling skills. As she profiles a range of injurers--from Andrew, a star chemistry student at a British university, to Fran, a wealthy suburban New York matron--Strong deftly crafts not a freak parade but a sad march of the familiar...
Reaching Inman Square is easiest by bus route #69, a bumpy ride to say the least. Traveling along in a big T-bus, the rider can immediately sense the proximity of the quasi-industrial-suburban climate of Somerville. The bus might be easy, but a taxi is generally recommended, since the usual reason to come here is for a date. On a nice summer afternoon, it's not too far for a walk. Of course, how many Harvard students have seen a nice summer afternoon in Cambridge...