Eastern Iowa Airport debates parking ramp versus surface lots
Airport commissioners weigh a parking ramp at The Eastern Iowa Airport against a surface lot plan. The master plan cites $10 000 per space for a ramp vs $2000 per space for surface parking and suggests starting with more surface spots while considering a later structure if needed.
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Eastern
Iowa
Ament Engineering
Bill Hoekstra
Five Seasons Transportation and Parking
Midwest
Hoekstra
Judith Whetstine
Eliot Protsch
Tim Kintner
Wesley Huisinga
Rant on the overuse of on in newspaper prose
The piece cites Roy Copperud and Charles Perry critiquing overreliance on the preposition on in English journalism and menu writing. It notes examples where on should be replaced with about at by for or by and mocks the trend of boasting to sound fancier.
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Write Right
Roy Copperud
Charles Perry
Los Angeles Times
Perry
Copperud
Washington
Congress
America
Monica
Chandra
Plymouth Rock
Foundation
CNN
Washingtons obsession with Chandra Levy saga and Condit
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Karen Heller mocks Washington fixation on the Chandra Levy case and Rep. Gary Condit. The piece jokes about media hype, public fascination, and the broader tabloid culture, noting New Yorks contrasting indifference and predicting Condits political fall.
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Karen Heller O
Chandra
Chandra Levy
Washington
Gary Condit
Bush
Pit bulls criticized as stereotype miss by reader
A reader argues that the July 26 Gazette article on missing dogs in North Liberty overemphasized pit bulls. They insist the dogs are friendly American Staffordshire terriers and call for fair coverage and proper animal control response instead of sensationalism.
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North Liberty
American Kennel Club
Lilly
The Gazette Opens Letters to Readers and Guest Columns
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions require the writer’s full name, signature, street address and daytime phone number, with no anonymity. Length limits: 300 words for letters, 650 words for columns, and a 30 day wait between letters per writer.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kyoto Critique: US Footdragging on Global Warming Debate
Editorial argues the Kyoto Protocol rules aim to cut industrial country emissions to 5 percent below 1990 by 2012, but the United States should seek workable modifications within the group rather than reject the agreement. It notes US emissions at 25 percent of world total and urges cleaner tech and flexible, market-based solutions.
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San Jose Mercury News
United States
U.S
Paula Dobriansky
Bonn
Bush
Russia
Berlin Wall
India
China
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Jerry Elsen
Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Peg Schmitz
Carl
Kane
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Capitol
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Levy
Lizzie Grubman
Manhattan
Hamptons Club
Hamptons
Grubman
New York Magazine
Kenneth Starr
New York
Modesto
Calif
Karen Heller
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
Washington Beltway
Kyoto
Olivier Deleuze
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