Word: affluent
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...York: Ed Koch, 52, seemed destined to represent his relatively affluent Manhattan congressional district for the remainder of his political career. What, after all, could a balding, puckish Greenwich Village bachelor with a near-perfect A.D.A. record have to say to the rest of the hardbitten, crime-ridden, near-bankrupt city? Quite a bit, as it turned...
...action takes place in an exclusive men's club in 1903. Naturally, the gentry tended to develop special attachments to their gathering places; to make an analogy, the club meant to coteries of affluent gents what the speakeasy became in a subsequent decade, to hordes of thirsty patrons. In this play, Messrs. Bertie, Algy, Freddie and Bobby find that the club, while once a mere entertainmentm, has now become an exigency--a place to vent their grievances, desires and opinions. With unabashed candor and infinite self-important, they lyrically relate their thoughts on any number of topics, from the "graph...
Some teachers complain bitterly about laxity?of both school and parents. They say that a student-first attitude undercuts their classes and that many students are pouring too much energy into jobs in order to support their affluent lifestyles. Fumes one teacher: "One kid told me today that he hadn't been in class for three days because 'Man, I just can't get up.' I offered to call him at home. That's our job? But we can't teach them if they're not here...
Louis Solano '24 said last week he began agitating to stop condominium conversion when he received an eviction notice. Under condominium conversion, tenants receive the choice of buying their apartment as a condominium at extremely high prices or vacating the apartment to make way for more affluent tenants. Solano says he discovered tenants had the right of appeal, and the complex appeal process can halt conversion for at least a year...
...strongest forces the University must face are these residents. Most of the various neighborhoods-ranging from the Italian and Portuguese sectors of East Cambridge to the more affluent Brattle Street neighborhoods and up to the Irish populations in North Cambridge--have met the University head on in one fight or another...