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Ridgway came to this world in all weather. He was a frequent customer of the prostitutes on the strip, a section of the Pacific Highway from South 139th Street to South 272nd Street that ran along the airport south of Seattle for about eight miles. The strip was lined with bars, strip clubs and motels that book rooms by the hour. In the early '80s the area drew a steady stream of Alaskan oilmen, off-duty sailors and local men in search of fleeting assignations. The women would stand out on the street waiting for customers, and during Seattle...
...fires at the heart of the rubble burned for weeks, holding recovery efforts to a wide perimeter, and sending foul-smelling smoke wafting through the New York atmosphere. As the brilliant fall weather cooled into winter drizzle and snow, New Yorkers, at once repelled and consumed by the thought and images of the wound to our city, were the first to visit the site. Soon, tourists arrived in droves, snapping photographs, taking in the atmosphere. Tickets for the viewing stand were handed out in order to control the crowds...
...opposition. IRELAND Ahern vs. Apathy Prime Minister Bertie Ahern picked up enough support from voters to win a second term. His Fianna F?il party rode a strong economic performance to secure the most seats in Dáil Eireann, Ireland's House of Representatives. But wealth and bad weather bred apathy: turnout fell sharply. Attention also focused on seats won by members of Sinn Féin, the political wing of the I.R.A. Their election could help seal the organization's shift from violence into mainstream Irish politics. MIDDLE EAST Election Talk Under pressure from all sides to broaden political...
...weather turned nasty in the winter, but Harvard just pushed its winning ways indoors. Men’s basketball hung in the most competitive Ivy race in recent memory for much longer than anyone had expected, only a year after losing its top scorer. And none of the Lavietes Pavilion fans will soon forget the two-point loss to Princeton, the overtime upset of Penn or the nationally televised demolition of Brown...
While others would find the situation desperate, Saddam has always managed to make his way through. If the U.S. indeed attacks, his paramount strategy will be to weather the assault, hoping that it will prove inadequate and the world will turn against the Americans before they succeed in taking him down. Until that day comes, if it comes, Saddam will rule on from the shadows that protect him from a lifetime's worth of enemies. For him, as long as he's alive, every birthday that passes is another glorious victory...