Word: island
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...roadway. Some construction experts last week expressed outrage that the steel rods inside the columns had not been reinforced to help them withstand a powerful quake. Said Peter Lehrer, co-chairman of the Lehrer McGovern Bovis construction firm, which managed the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island: "There is no excuse for what happened on the Nimitz. We have had the technology to guard against this sort of collapse for years...
...worked with a reformer's sense of mission and an artist's eye. Riis' pictures were raw; Hine's were frank but tender, with none of Riis' occasional nose-holding attitude toward the poor. There is no pigeonholing in Hine's 1904 portraits of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, no cliches of nationality or occupation. He knew that people who might not yet speak the language of their new home could still state themselves plainly to the lens...
There's only one drawback--where will Hizzoner find a Coney Island chili dog in the Square...
...never believe you're in New York," says Irving Cohen. He and his wife Mary come in from suburban Long Island to visit their grandson and enjoy the place. For Nancy Marshall of Kearny, N.J., the scene is a revelation: "I went to school in this neighborhood 30 years ago, and none of this was here. It's so unexpected, so peaceful...
Gilder's arguments, while forceful, are not always persuasive. He seems to forget that Japan, an island nation rich in know-how and poor in resources, is itself a prime beneficiary of the triumph of ideas over matter. The Japanese may not be also-rans in software and custom chips forever. But at a time when so many books talk only about what is wrong with the U.S., Gilder's optimism about the future of American high-tech is refreshing...