Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter accomplish anything? Will the crustiest of Beacon Street continue to surrender their dollars in the final push for a Democratic victory? "I was dubious at first," said one well-dressed matron after the final ovation faded into a post-meal hum. "Everyone had doubts coming into this one, but in person he (Carter) is truly grand. He is an honest man," she added. Her husband nodded in silent agreement as he guided the old woman toward the door...
...BOSTON remembers Ed Logue on its 350th birthday, the master planner has gone to work on a tougher problem--redeveloping America's worst slum, the South Bronx. The South Bronx is the same size as the city of Boston. And here the similarities end. There are no Beacon Hills, Back Bays, picturesque waterfronts or vital downtown office areas in the South Bronx. One-third of its population is on public assistance. It represents a magnification of the worst of Boston's problems, without any of its strengths...
...little tired of school, and you had a little more than passing interest in things political. And no summer job. What would you do? Meet Alexander T. Bok '81, candidate for state representative, who has been fighting a classic political war in the Boston district that stretches from Beacon Hill to Kenmore Square...
...even if last Saturday was a high water mark in the city's battle against the University, the repeal is symbolic. In years past, the city council would not have supported the measure, certainly not unanimously as they did this time. And the Beacon Hill Alumni Association, also known as the state legislature, would not have passed it. Victim to political forces not unlike the social ones that rocked its campus in the late sixties, Harvard was unable to fend off institutionalized calls for change. An organized, impassioned group in the city finally triggered the earthquake, and things will never...
Bronco Billy Directed by Clint Eastwood At the Beacon Hill...