Word: section
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...council's vote Monday moves the measure--technically known as Section C 1/2--into the final stretch of its legal battle. The measure has already been approved by the State Senate, and city legislators said it is expected to pass the House later this week...
Shortly before midnight on April 7, a chartered Boeing 707 took off from the Dominican Republic, bound for Montreal. Inside the cabin rode 47 Chinese, all of them sitting comfortably in the first-class section. The cockpit crew thought they were VIPs, but as soon as the plane was in the air, the passengers began shredding the fake British Hong Kong passports that had got them this far and took turns flushing the illegal documents down the toilets. Upon arrival, the passengers -- mainland Chinese citizens who had paid as much as $20,000 each for their journey to freedom -- pleaded...
Borgen added that floor seats were completely sold-out and that the bleacher section was almost filled...
...experts to diagnose the U.S. and European economies, could offer some friendly advice. In the spirit of glasnost, we called in a specialist to collaborate with TIME's Washington- based national-economics correspondent Richard Hornik in composing the Rx memo to Mikhail that appears in this week's business section...
Hartman was born and raised in America, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. He was dirt poor -- in the Jewish sense: the Hartmans had little furniture but a great many books. Still, young David "couldn't do puzzles," was terrible at math and was left back twice in elementary and high school. Carpentry or plumbing were the careers advised for him. Or basketball. Hartman was a local legend on the court. From what is now known as three-point range, his two-handed set shot was deadly. For pocket change, and the chance to play, Hartman spent summers...