It planned to spearhead that by using a model from the Great Depression, when small neighbourhood groups in Canada and the U.S. would meet to listen to half-hour radio broadcasts, and discuss economic and agricultural problems like grain prices or water access.

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The driven, abstemious Mr Radler enjoyed sweating profits from small, neighbourhood newspapers in their native Canada, while Lord Black cut a dash as a budding media magnate with his eye for a deal, strong conservative views and flashy erudition.

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But an increasingly large number of Level-two criminals are slipping through, partly because they are too large to be caught by the neighbourhood coppers and too small to interest the national agencies.

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He has also had professional experience with anti-poverty policy (as a governor of the Federal Reserve he chaired the Neighbourhood Reinvestment Corporation, a small government agency that promotes urban renewal efforts).

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In contrast to The Roxy Live, Plasma (open Wednesday through Saturday, from 9 pm on Wednesdays, 10 pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 11 pm on Saturdays) is a small and intimate club located in the neighbourhood of Barracas a few blocks from the more well-known San Telmo district.

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The friendly neighbourhood storekeeper, for those unwilling to bear the trip or the gossip, will also readily deliver such small purchases home, at no extra fee, as many times a day as he is called upon to -- perhaps the biggest reason why Indian households remember their grocery needs only from one day to another.

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