Missouri Model
Mark Steward, founder and director of the Missouri Youth Services Institute, follows up on our coverage of the Justice Department report of abuses in New York's juvenile detention systems with an explanation of the alternative "Missouri Model."
Acronyms vs. Initialisms
"UFT" is different from "scuba."
The Met Museum Vendor Carts
Harold Holzer, senior vice president for external affairs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, follows up on the street vendors' complaints about the museum’s efforts to limit the number of sidewalk carts outside its doors.
Comments [6]
The Met and sidewalk vendors?
As a pedestrian I find the path to the Met's entrances painfully congested.
Why not put food vendors closer to the entrance to Central Park just south of the Museum? Less crowding. Nicer place for dining al fresco.
It often looks potentially unsafe in case of emergency.
Why it's OK to say "acronyms" for both types:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992
acronym (àk´re-nîm´) noun
"A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging."
[acr(o)- + -onym.]
- ac´ronym´ic or acron´ymous (e-kròn´e-mes) adjective
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism
http://www.acronymattic.com/
Thanks for addressing my previous comment about acronyms. And rather than spend time thinking about health care or the war, I thought I'd weigh in on AAA.
I've heard that argument made before (that AAA could be an acronym because people say it as "Triple A"), but strictly speaking, I don't think it can count. The letters "A-A-A" don't spell out the words "Triple A." "Triple A" is a nickname people use because it's easier on the tongue than saying "A-A-A." In order for AAA to be an acronym, it would have to be pronounced something more like "Aaaaaaaay" which, of course, would be ridiculous.
art is for everybody. the met does not even require people to pay admission, since it is viewed as a donation. the classist accusation does not stand up to reason. i've also noticed over the years that the sidewalk outside the met becomes increasingly crowded. i'm with the met on this one.
It seems that Brian is studying at the John Hockenberry school of snarky broadcasting.
If the Met is full of "elite" arugala/portabello/tapanade munchers, wouldn't the hot dog guys go someplace else to make money?
Anybody who has ever heard Philippe de Montebello (former head of the Met) speak on pretty much any subject knows the Met's view of the average New Yorker. (Recall also the de facto Met support against the Brooklyn Museum during the Giuliani hysteria over the Saatchi show years ago.)
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