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Susan M. Stolzfus, spokesperson for Seattle Public Utilities—which helped implement the program—described it as an environmentally friendly solution to the negative effects of storm water in an urban area...
...know plenty of politicians assume they have your vote. But do they earn it?" PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, speaking to the National Urban League, asking black voters to reconsider their long allegiance to the Democratic Party...
...weirdest part of Vegas, with all its clean bawdiness, is that for a tourist town, it looks as if it might be developing a real urban center, where people not only party but meet, live and perhaps form the kind of community Vegas has never had--one in which people no longer change their cell-phone numbers every six months to escape from attachments, debts and exes. Real estate companies are racing to put up 20-story condo towers near the Strip. "People want to own a piece of Vegas," says Jeff Soffer, 36, principal owner of Miami-based Turnberry...
...conceivable that in a few decades, Vegas will have completely shed its shame and its kitsch, that it will be a multidimensional one-industry town like Los Angeles, only more urban and with better food. Already the young and old come to Vegas without irony, and its widely copied faux architecture and grand showmanship are thought of around the globe as simply American. If New Vegas foretells something about America's future,then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost. The only thing I miss about it is that culture went to bed at a decent hour...
Some enthusiasts hide boxes in urban areas. (There's one near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.) But in this day and age, such sites present a unique set of problems. "If you're hiding one in a city somewhere, or near a bridge or something that might be a target for terrorists," says Carpenter, "it definitely is a concern." To lessen anxiety, most boxers use translucent containers so that people can see inside and know they're safe. Ultimately, however, the game is about the thrill of the unknown. In April the Connollys found themselves in the middle...