Word: centralization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Corporation members who had just begun the search for the new president became central figures in the anti-Communist debates engulfing the University...
...sympathy for poachers. But I object to Lopez's silly and inaccurate description of events. How can he claim to be "deep, deep in the woods" when he's near enough to see a pickup-truck driver on the road? Perhaps Lopez has never been in woods deeper than Central Park. The real issue, however thinly veiled, is his distaste for anyone who hunts or is a member of the National Rifle Association. I would prefer not to live in "Steve Lopez's America." TOM WANSLEBEN Claremont...
...over a long winter in New Jersey, I'd booked a houseboat on a lake somewhere in the Arizona wilderness. My cousin had taken a similar vacation and raved about it. Up to then, my nautical experience consisted of rowing a 12-ft. boat in New York City's Central Park. Awaiting us in Arizona, though, was not a modest little craft. Nope, I'd be piloting a 60-ft., 15-ton double-decker leviathan, dubbed the Admiral by the rental company because it was the largest model in its fleet. What had I been thinking? Our three kids were...
...attack. Once we were inside, though, the angst turned to wonder. It looked more like a luxury two-story condo in Trump Tower than a boat. The Admiral came with a fully equipped kitchen, a large oval dining table that could comfortably seat eight, four private bedrooms, two bathrooms, central air conditioning, an outdoor barbecue grill, a large TV, VCR and CD player, and cockpit controls. That was just the lower deck. Up top was a second cockpit, a wet bar and another refrigerator. Our girls zeroed in on what counted most for them--a steep water slide right...
KIDS LOVE: The Central Garden, created by artist Robert Irwin, which changes with the seasons. They flock to Vincent van Gogh's Irises and The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark by Jan Bruegel the Elder. Best of all, kids can view Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven by Jean-Etienne Liotard, then go to the Family Room, where there is a reproduction, complete with 18th century period costumes...