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...very brief moment in downtown Cairo Thursday, there seemed to be a small flowering of democracy, the kind of popular expression of will that the Bush Administration has declared to be a central part of its Middle East agenda. Hundreds of marchers wound through the capital's traffic-gnarled streets pumping their fists and chanting, "O freedom, where are you, where are you? See, [President] Hosni Mubarak stands between me and you!" as car horns honked in cheerful camaraderie...
...cities on the Gulf Coast have always been potential deathtraps, they have always been gold mines too--great natural ports on a warm-water gulf, perfectly situated to profit from the traffic moving up and down one of the world's most important shipping lanes: the Mississippi River. The port of South Louisiana moves more tonnage each year than any other in the nation. Add to that the commodities the Gulf produces, including nearly 30% of the nation's oil, 20% of its natural gas and a third of its fish and shellfish, and it is clear--as many have...
...stop, tentatively named West Station, would be located near the turnpike ramps with the intention of reducing traffic by providing an incentive for people to abandon their cars before they enter the city. Band said the plan could be realized “fairly soon...
...University’s transportation plans for Allston center around creating a more friendly environment for pedestrians. Now an area defined by high density thoroughfares like Western Avenue, proposals include creating bike lanes, broader sidewalks, and slowing traffic with traffic lights and sharp right turns...
...Beijing exulting in how China has saved Lhasa, their enemies abroad insisting that all Chinese are evil and all Tibetans are pure innocents?Barnett's meticulous documentation has a fresh and welcome air to it. Clearly, he has no time for those who would romanticize old Tibet, or traffic in images of Shangri-La: Tibetans were more than capable of brutality against themselves, he points out, with at least 200 monks dying during an attempted coup in Lhasa in 1947, and the city was never as detached from modern life as the starry-eyed like to believe?Elizabeth Arden cosmetics...