Word: metropolitan
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ELECTED With a vote of 508 to 169, Metropolitan Kirill, 62, was chosen as the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, the world's second largest, succeeding the long-serving leader Alexy II, who died in December...
...into 'green' buildings," with the telling scare quotes deriding the idea of creating short-term jobs for retrofitters while reducing long-term federal energy costs and emissions. There has been a sensible push to add even more money for mass transit, which reduces energy use, increases the competitiveness of metropolitan areas and helps working families. Expanded unemployment benefits and food stamps will be excellent stimulus--and they're desperately needed right now. In general, most of the current proposals--though not all--aim to limit the new spending to the next two years...
...associates who spoke at the meeting, which drew a crowd that filled the room and overflowed into the hallway. Other residents brought up the possibility that the cameras might have a detrimental effect on residents’ first amendment rights. Approximately 180 cameras have been installed in the Boston metropolitan area, according to Donald E. McGough, director of the Boston Office of Emergency Preparedness. As of last month, McGough stated that $4.6 million had been invested since 2004 to install the network of cameras in the area. Although the program gives municipality police commissioners control of the cameras in their...
...austerity scolds haven't found many outrages; antismoking programs, for example, are a terrific way to hold down the long-term health costs that threaten the Treasury's long-term solvency. There ought to be even more money for mass transit, which reduces energy use, increases the competitiveness of metropolitan areas and helps working families, as well as freight rail, which has even greater environmental and economic advantages. Expanded unemployment benefits and food stamps would be excellent stimulus - and those are both desperately needed right now. Retrofitting federal buildings to use less energy would provide jobs now and reduce federal...
...urban areas like Tehran, one of the Middle East's biggest metropolises. Rapid urbanization as well as galloping population growth have swelled the city's citizenry from about 1.5 million in 1956 to close to 8 million in the city proper and pushed out its boundaries into a vast metropolitan area that's home to an additional 6 million...