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...taking so long? In part, ground zero's story is quintessentially New York City. It's a battle over real estate and turf. Silverstein, a tenacious developer best known for erecting the original 7 World Trade Center, has pitted himself against a billionaire businessman mayor; an ambitious Governor; grieving, conflicted families; and a small army of politically plugged-in bureaucrats--all with their own ideas about what should be built, how much it ought to cost and who should pay for it. Even Donald Trump makes a cameo. Trump, whom Silverstein once considered a friend, unveiled a competing proposal last...
...recent weeks, Negroponte and his deputy, the hard-charging Hayden, have driven deep into the CIA's backyard, chewing up its closely guarded turf and trying to bring the agency under their grip. In April Hayden let it be known that his office would be taking over the critical job of terrorism analysis--connecting the dots in all the raw data gathered on terrorists--a role the CIA had jealously guarded for decades. In an unusual public speech, Hayden likened the CIA's slow-to-change attitude about roles and missions to "crowding the ball." Negroponte also fought the agency...
Spared the political turf war at ground zero, the surrounding areas--Wall Street, Battery Park City, Tribeca and Chinatown--have forged ahead. After 9/11, hazardous air quality and broken infrastructure pushed people out of the area in droves, especially from the blocks nearest ground zero, displacing 100,000 jobs and sending residential occupancy rates plunging to 60%. Since 2003, jobs are up 11%, and residential occupancy is above 95%. Lower Manhattan also has more than a dozen new or refurbished parks and open spaces, with six more...
...Sharing turf can be tricky, psychologists say. Becoming overinvolved in our children's lives can interfere with their development as separate people, says Marion Lindblad-Goldberg, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She suggests that moms ask themselves, "Am I feeling competitive with my child? Am I trying to micromanage his performance? Can I separate my needs and anxieties about this activity from hers?" Early adolescence, notes psychologist Madeline Levine, author of the forthcoming book The Price of Privilege, is when kids are most intent on developing identities separate from those of their parents. Becoming overinvolved...
...departure was the culmination of a turf war between Goss and Negroponte. A U.S. official told TIME that he thought Goss "was standing up for the Central Intelligence Agency" and was concerned "that some of the core capabilities of the Agency that let it accomplish its mission might be eroded with the growth of the DNI apparatus...