Cedar Rapids debated need for a demolition waiting period
The Gazette argues for a brief waiting period and public notice before razing structures in Cedar Rapids to curb rushing demolition. It cites Iowa City and Dubuque practices, urges documentation of history, and notes potential preservation partnerships with Coe College and Mercy Medical Center while cautioning that timelines should not block progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Brian Fagen
Grant Wood
Iowa City
Dubuque
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation Commission
Finley Hospital
Coe College
Mercy Medical Center
Widening gap fuels rising working poor and perma-temp trend
The Economic Policy Institute reports rising wealth concentration from 2001 to 2004 with top 1 percent income gains and growing debt among middle income families. Wages fell for entry level workers since 2000 and temporary workers rose from 24.4 percent in 1995 to 33.7 percent in 2005.
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Economic Policy Institute
America
Washington Based Policy Institute
Epi.org
Missouri
U.S
Jim Talent
R-Mo
Talent
India
The
Economic Institute
Institute
Will the United States win the war in Iraq in 1968 and today
The piece argues whether the U S should pull out or stay in Iraq, comparing Vietnam era voters to modern antiwar sentiment. It weighs three exit grounds, notes Iraq’s instability, and cites Iran and Syria as regional factors influencing democracy versus retreat outcomes.
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United States
Iraq
Michael Barone
Gold Standard
McCarthy
Johnson
America
Barone
Vietnam
Lamont
George F. Will
Korea
South Korea
Truman
Eisenhower
Moktada al-Sadr
Iran
Syria
Lebanon
Kim Il Sung
Dean Acheson
Middle East
Hezbollah
Zarqawi
Sadr
Tehran
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Kansas City Star
Rabalin
By William Stuntz
Weekly Standard
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
New Hampshire
Ned Lamont
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
William F. Buckley Jr
John F. Kerry
Bush
North Vietnam
South
Hanoi
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