3/4/13 Lessons of Boston’s Big Dig by Nicole Gelinas‚ City Journal Autumn 2007 SEA RCH SITE GO Advance d Se arch home about CJ CJ books archives links subscribe contact us rss advertise Lessons of Boston’s Big Dig Nicole Gelinas America’s most ambitious infrastructure project inspired engineering marvels—and colossal mismanagement. Search by Topic: EMAIL AR TIC LE PR INTER FR IENDLY R ESPO ND TO AR TIC LE SELEC TED R ESPO NSES TR ANSLATE SUBSC R IBE TO
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From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation did not provide the U.S. with an effective government because of the weakness of the Articles. The Constitution is stronger and much more effective than the Articles. Under the Articles congress could not collect money‚ we couldn’t pay our bills‚ and the government had no good way to stop rebellion. The constitution improved on this in many ways. I don’t think the Articles would be so bad if we did not have to compare them to the much greater Constitution
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DBQ 1985 The colonists were living in a brand new country that had no track record. Considering that the articles of confederation had no precedent to follow‚ and no other government to imitate; the articles were fairly good. However‚ the Articles of Confederation could have been more effective than they were. Effective does not necessarily mean that the government was strong. It does mean that the government was able to provide the people with the kind of government they wanted and
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The Bradley Boys 1887 – 1969 My father-in-law‚ Robert E. Brown‚ a prolific storyteller‚ grew up in Bradley‚ South Dakota‚ a railroad town servicing the surrounding farming community on the eastern Dakota prairie. Although his childhood encompassed the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl eras‚ his anecdotes didn’t dwell on the hardships. Rather‚ he recalled and passed on fond memories of these years. Several of his stories recounted events regarding mischievous activities carried out by the males
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subcontractors‚ Employee‚ Financiers‚ and Creditors. Major stakeholders for the big dig project are: the Massachusetts Highway Department‚ the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA)‚ the Metropolitan Highway System (MHS)‚ Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff (B/PB)‚ and the General public. The main direct stakeholders who are benefiting from the completion of the project are the Boston commuters. The main objective of the Big Dig project is relieving highway traffic congestion‚ reducing traffic jams in Downtown
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Case of Private Manning: Hero or Villain? On August 21‚ 2013‚ Private First Class Bradley Manning‚ United States Army‚ received a 35-year sentence to a military prison and a dishonorable discharge for leaking 750‚000 classified documents‚ diplomatic cables and mostly U.S. military reports‚ to the public. Manning has stated he released the documents in hope they would open Americans’ eyes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ prompting a more intense debate (Simpson & Roshan‚ 2013). Hero or villain
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volcano Take a sight at the landscape‚ which is covered by a thick layer of grayish‚ dense dust. The sky itself is filled with ominous clouds‚ thick enough to almost blot out the Sun. A functioning TV‚ found in the plant among some other supplies‚ reveals to them that there is much danger in Tokyo‚ and that most cities have been taken over by looters. There appears to be no functioning government anymore. The weather starts to change‚ with the sky becoming reddish and lightning falling even though
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MONTSERRAT VOLCANO REPORT Montserrat is a small island is in the Caribbean. It is only 12 miles long and 7 miles wide. It is known as the ’Emerald Island’ Because of its mountainous and wooded terrain. It has attracted many rich people to the island and was famous for rock stars recording there. However‚ much of the population are poor and rely on farming to survive. Before the eruptions from 1995 onwards – There was over 12000 people living there‚ but now there is only about 5000. CAUSES
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I don’t know one woman who is naturally confident. Thanks to stereotypes‚ media‚ traditions‚ and messages from peers‚ most women start out as confident babies and then turn into a puddle of insecurities by the time they reach their twenties. Body image‚ career‚ relationships‚ and stability are all some of the things that women stress out about and lose trust in as they age. Yet‚ we are seeing a movement of confident women popping up everywhere. We see them expressing their true selves‚ going after
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Consequences 3 1.4 Minoan Civilization Demise 4 1.5 Statement Aim 4 2. References 5 Introduction 1.1 The Aegean Region During the second millennium B.C‚ around 1650‚ there was an eruption of the Thera volcano. Located in Greece‚ the volcano is in modern-day Santorini an island in the south of the Aegean Sea (Fig 1). Thera is part of the South Aegean Volcanic arc‚ which a consequence of the subduction of the African Tectonic plate beneath the Eurasian Tectonic plate.8
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