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...Davids Killory: Daybreak Grove The proportion of America's homeless population consisting of families with children increased 30% during 1993, according to a report issued last week. Which makes Daybreak Grove, a tiny but splendid attempt in the San Diego exurb of Escondido to give a few impoverished families homes, all the more heartening. The project shows that low-income housing need not be dreary or demeaning: this is a lively and dignified piece of tightly woven architecture. Architects Christine Killory and her partner, Chilean-born Rene Davids, have used as their central idea a traditional Latin American form: each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BEST DESIGN OF 1993 | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

Though tradition has it that certain belly-dance moves evolved from female fertility rituals, the workout version has even begun to attract some men. Tomas Villalobos, a substitute teacher from Escondido, Calif., who suffers from chronic back pain, decided to join his wife's class after noticing that belly dancers had strong, flexible backs. Now a regular, Villalobos says, "Not only has my pain decreased, but my flexibility and muscle strength have increased greatly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: Belly-Dance Boom | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...Members of the President's own party have also spoken out about the dangerous conditions in Iraq. The sooner the President acknowledges the realities there, the sooner he can answer the question of whether we are taking the right approach to winning the peace. Robert Tormey Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Escondido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...Members of the President's own party have also spoken out about the dangerous conditions in Iraq. The sooner the President acknowledges the realities there, the sooner he can answer the question of whether we are taking the right approach to winning the peace. Robert Tormey Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Escondido, California, U.S. The insurgents in Iraq can identify U.S. troops, but American soldiers cannot identify the terrorists. They can blend in with the population, smile, shake our hands, thank us and take our money one day, then attack us the next. This could go on indefinitely as casualties continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...increase in GDP is negated by an equal (or greater) increase in debt. Shouldn't economists take the frightening increase into account when praising the growth factor? Gerrie Ryan Escondido, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Economy Turning Around? | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

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