Word: urban
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...though they’re exiled on the East), Dartboard does not stick up for the ray-soaked wasteland and wishes eastcoasters and westcoasters would just get over it. Southern California doesn’t deserve such reverence. It more than makes up for its brilliant weather with disgusting urban sprawl, choking traffic, pollution, aesthetic debauchery and an intellectually stifling “laid back” atmosphere. The city is a huge expanse of strip malls, crumbling homes and apartment buildings that were in bad taste to begin with, crammed freeways and unbelievably crowded public schools. Sure, rich...
...Often used as a doggie playplace by urban pet owners, this enclosed area may occasionally contain—ahem—remnants of previous canine users...
...soldiers of 1st Brigade, the fact that things didn't go according to plan did not mean that they were unprepared. As one soldier said, "We trained for urban combat, for a possible street fight in Baghdad. That same training works just as well in An Najaf." It also worked fine in Karbala and Hilla, two other cities where the 101st had to squelch strong paramilitary resistance, which had not been in the original plan...
Except for cable series like Showtime's Soul Food, TV is averse to dramas that star African Americans. Even UPN, with its stable of "urban" comedies, mostly populates its dramas with white folk and the occasional Vulcan. Platinum would be notable simply for its casting, but its blackness goes deeper. Writer and co-creator John Ridley (Three Kings) has produced a story about the ascendancy of black pop culture in America, not only among black people, and the ironies that result when the art of the dispossessed goes mainstream. Ridley, who is black, is fascinated by the world...
...City, and Majestic, of Bangor, Pa.--to produce their own throwbacks. Pro-sports leagues now regularly outfit teams in retro gear during games just for kicks. Moreover, M&N joins the ranks of firms--from Louis Roederer champagne (maker of Cristal) to Timberland boots--that have flourished once an urban, largely African-American audience embraced them. But more than any of these crossover brands, M&N has triumphed because of a single unlikely hero. "I consider it a miracle that Reuben fell into my lap. He deserves all the credit," says company owner Peter Capolino, 58, a pale, bespectacled Barry...