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Airplane pollution and runway design.


See "Airports and Cities: Can They Coexist co·ex·ist  
intr.v. co·ex·ist·ed, co·ex·ist·ing, co·ex·ists
1. To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place.

2.
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The questions raised by our article on the huge but generally overlooked threats to environmental and public health posed by conventional airport design were lost in the aftermath of 9/11, which focused on airport security. But the innovative ideas of the maverick Maverick

family name of two brothers, Bret and Bait; self-centered and untrustworthy gentlemen gamblers. [TV: Terrace, II, 80]

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 designer Jim Starry star·ry  
adj. star·ri·er, star·ri·est
1. Marked or set with stars or starlike objects.

2. Shining or glittering like stars.

3. Shaped like a star.

4. Illuminated by stars; starlit.
, described in the article, provoked concerns about the projected boom in new airport construction in coming years. USA Today USA Today

National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s.
 picked up the story and ran a feature on Starry's designs in January 2004, and Starry was invited to present his ideas to officials at the World Bank.
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Title Annotation:Updates
Publication:World Watch
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2004
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