‘Times’ Couplets: Even the Galaxy Knows Urban Renewal

Big Wishes, Easy Credit, Tough Times
"A Seedy Stretch, Sure, but Worth Saving, Denizens Say—
(Faith-Based Initiative).
Modernity and Tradition at a Cultural Crossroads"—
Where Is the Clarion Call to Arms?
Winners Amid Gloom and Doom
Describe How They Hope to Improve the World.
(Take a Big Hit? Then Deliver a Bigger Blow.)
Dividing Wall Starts to Fall …
Finding Peace, and Looking for a Job,
Saturn Goes Back to Warm and Fuzzy,
Finds He Can Go Home Again—
Goes Around, Comes Around. Lizzie Skurnick

Reasons to Love New York 2009
New York Politicians Refuse to Quit
A-Rod Has Babe Ruth in His Sights
McCain Yields to the Party's Pressure