Word: block
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...novel's relentless japery is almost sufficient to drown out some bleak thoughts on the state of the urban world. Seen through Wren's eyes, New York City is a ruin in which civility and beauty are relentlessly stamped out. "I suspected that the entire block," he notes, "chosen because it was handsome, had been condemned for demolition and cleared of tenants." Noting that automated garages are replacing the older type, thus putting "churlish" attendants out of work, Wren comments: "One more bit of the inhumane is replaced by the non-human." The author strikes this mordant note...
Everyone participated in Southie's St. Patrick's Day parade. The O'Tooles, Flahertys, Kirbys, Comiskeys, Dohertys, Donnellys and Dineens. It was strictly a family-affair; a big block party with all the warmth, neighborhood pride, good humor and openness that one can only find in this last-of-the-big-working-class-ethnic-neighborhoods...
There is much to be said for authorizing Concorde service into the New York City area, at least on an experimental basis. For one thing, banning it might be a futile attempt to block the inevitable. Supersonic travel, after all, is probably here to stay, if only because greater speed has always been the primary goal of transportation development. The Soviet supersonic TU-144 is said to be hauling cargo between Moscow and Alma Ata, while nearly 15,000 passengers-admittedly, a small minority of transatlantic travelers-have already flown the Concorde to Europe. They are delighted by its speed...
...first $9,000 of taxable income, whichever is greater. Says IRS Spokesman Larry Batdorf: "A lot of people are confused over that." For that and other reasons, more taxpayers are turning to consultants, and paying a fee to get their forms filled out. H&R Block, Inc., the nation's largest such service, expects a big increase in business this year over last. The U.S. Tax Court will also be kept busy for years interpreting the 1976 law's provisions. Here, for dismay or delight, are some of the major changes, beginning with those likely to affect...
...Extend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 beyond its scheduled expiration date later this year. CETA gathered a host of federal programs under a single administrative umbrella. It provides block grants to state and local governments for public works projects and for placing unemployed Americans of all ages in jobs ranging from puppeteer to policeman. Carter would earmark $900 million in CETA funds to create 138,000 new jobs for disadvantaged youths under 21, including $450 million for "innovative and experimental programs...