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Word: bigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...industry and residence that even in good times it cannot command a reasonable price on the real estate market. The facts that so much of Boston is filled land and that so many of Boston's streets were planned without regard for the modern commercial world are the big reasons why this land cannot bring a higher price...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

...cost of services for all the daily commuters. In Massachusetts, the low State revenue contributes only a taken share to the city of Boston's coffer. Thus many of the low tax rates in the surrounding towns and cities are the result of Boston's taking care of the big population most...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

Housing and city maintenance are the two big departments in which the services rendered are far too little and the cost far too great for the city. The community could stand thousands more low cost housing units and still not thoroughly fill the demand for the slum clearance. Worse than this, the city is paying now on the average of $80 per month to subsidize each of the present units. Both McDonough and Hynes have constantly attacked Curley on the housing problem--accusing him of allowing privileged families who have incomes above the specified ceiling to remain in the units...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Curley Has Edge in Boston Election | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

...beaten road there is tolerable travelling; but it is sore work, and many have to perish, fashioning a path through the impassable." Those for whom the lure of the Big City grows insuperable as the weekend approaches have taken refuge for many years in these words of Carlyle as they sought their way through the tortuous sidestreets of New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: By Pass | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

...love interest is supplied by Mary Hatcher as Hominy's daughter, and Danny School as a returned Air Force veteran. (One of Mr. Scholl's songs, in which he reminisces of his flying experiences, is called, believe it or not, "The Big Movie Show in the Sky." Typical line: "Its a funny feeling when you see St. Peter smile/And he says he's had a movie camera on you all the while.") The love situation is complicated when some of the disgruntled veterans put Easy Jones (Mr. Scholl) up to run against Hominy. However, as dishonest as Hominy...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

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