Word: urban
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...advocacy groups is that they inaccurately envision a world in which women may travel as freely as men without worries—but in a school-type setting, a woman’s life can’t stop after sundown. The Staff points out that Harvard is an urban college. Urban or not, we are still college students and not Manhattanites, and this is an educational community, not a metropolis. Our campus is not “the real world”—and the same paternalism that prohibits us from using our fireplaces or appliances...
Following Saich, Huang offered critical views of China’s recent development in urban areas...
Doherty isn't alone in his newfound passion for preserving. The at-home practice has lately enjoyed a bit of a comeback, spurred by rising prices at the supermarket and the general urge to go green, and it's gained fans especially among young, urban foodies, who are keen to eat organic, locally grown or homemade foods. Jarden Home Brands, which makes the familiar Ball brand of jars for home preserving, says it has seen retail sales rise 28% over last year...
...often go beyond using the traditional dill and vinegar solution; they include aromatics like lime or ginger and spice things up by adding copious amounts of jalapeno pepper. Canners are also experimenting with mixing subject and medium - pickled grapes anyone? Food writer Eugenia Bone, author of the upcoming cookbook Urban Preservation, even cans her own tuna, which she describes as "sumptuous," a word that can rarely be used to describe the chunk-white albacore you find on supermarket shelves...
...Click here for photographs of America's urban farms...