TOM FRIEDMAN RUNS AWAY TO CHINA

Iraq Through China’s Lens THOMAS FRIEDMAN NEW YORK TIMES Dalian, China It’s nice to be in a country where Iraq is never mentioned. It’s just a little unnerving when that country is America’s biggest geopolitical and economic rival these days: China. I heard China’s prime minister, Wen Jiabao, address an international conference here in Dalian, […]

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THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING: Dark Spots Mar an Aging, Yet Exquisite, Face

THE NEW YORK TIMES September 9, 2007 Streetscapes | Woolworth Building By CHRISTOPHER GRAY IT’S like a fungus that runs up and down the tower of the Woolworth Building, at Broadway and Park Place. From every angle the cream-colored surface has dirty, discolored patches, the unanticipated consequences of a major restoration project three decades ago. […]

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