Word: urban
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...aged stick-shift Volvo wagon and drove up Route 91 to Canada. Though I have been making this trip, alone or with family, ever since I can remember, the drive has never been the same since 9-11, a heart-punch to every American, even those far from urban life...
...family moved from inner Sydney to one of the nation's major experiments in public housing - the Green Valley estate on the city's southwestern fringe. The area was settled before basic services - sewerage, hospitals, child care, transport and leisure facilities - were established. The self-proclaimed champion of the urban sprawl was Labor leader Whitlam, federal member for Werriwa (1952-78). He put suburban issues into the mainstream of politics. "I was always interested in why Green Valley didn't have the sort of facilities that other parts of Sydney took for granted," Latham told biographer Craig McGregor. "What...
...blessing - he may be unhappy about some of the terms on which it is conducted, but he has previously threatened to call a mass Shiite uprising if the election is not held on schedule - and whether the mass movement led by Moqtada Sadr, which is particularly popular among urban Shiite youth, will participate. A Sadr spokesman reiterated this week that the movement would boycott elections as long as U.S. troops remained in Iraq. The Sadr group's capacity to disrupt voting in Baghdad and throughout the Shiite south would pose a significant threat. On the other hand, if Sistani perceives...
...SKINNY: On CBS next year, 16 aspiring clothiers will battle before a "style council." The winner gets to craft a line under urban outfitter TOMMY HILFIGER'S label...