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...Milwaukee, a new joke is making the rounds: Q. Do you own any shore property? A. Not yet. Lakeside residents in the upper Midwest find the humor somewhat strained. Last week Lakes Michigan and Huron had risen to their highest level since 1887, nearly 3 ft. over their average March altitude of 578 ft. above sea level. Lake Superior, at more than a foot over its norm, is not far behind. Waterfront-property owners are battling flooded basements and beach erosion, and some face the prospect of losing their homes. Says Park Planner Bob Elmore of the Indiana Dunes National...
...design or by nature, he operates in public like a man of the people. When he travels by car, he is usually behind the wheel, and the car is usually a Jeep. The lone sign of his presidential status . was his designer glasses, which he bought on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at $300 a pair. Recently, he has gone back to wearing simpler, more revolutionary frames in public...
...culprit. Had the mainstream P.L.O. wanted to hit back at Hussein, Mayor al Masri would have been a logical target. Not only had his appointment received Jordan's tacit approval, but his family is part of the Jordanian Establishment. His elder brother Hikmat is deputy speaker of the Jordanian upper house, and his nephew Taher is Hussein's Foreign Minister...
...older brother Ben. During World War II he received a commission with the Army's chemical-warfare department, emerging with the rank of lieutenant colonel and an offer from the impotent Manhattan G.O.P. to run for Congress in 1946 from New York City's heavily Jewish--and Democratic--Upper West Side. Javits won, and remained a Congressman for four terms...
However, a production such as this lives or dies by its musicans--both in the pit and on stage. Michael J. McNulty as Tamino, for instance, was handsome enough for the tenor part, but lacked the tonal quality and voice for the upper-register arias which are necessary to the role. His loud, shrill voice broadcasted well through the intimate Lowell House Dining Hall, but, as a result, the minor idiosyncracies in his less-than-smooth portrayal stuck out as well...