Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years later, the authorities were prepared for Overtown. Within a day, National Guardsmen joined Miami police in sealing off a 200-block section of the city. Four helicopters flew over the neighborhood, dropping tear gas canisters. At one point, about 300 guardsmen and police were scouring the area, armed with gas, shotguns, revolvers and attack dogs...
...says Sherri Foxman, author of a new book on the subject, Classified Love. "If you write 'Sincerewoman seeking sincere man,' you're going to get 25 boring letters." Since standards of accuracy are not always rigorous, the words slim and attractive are not taken literally. Susan Block, a Los Angeles writer, says "the most frequent complaint from men is that the women weigh more than they say. The women complain that the men are flaky...
...reported by the New York Times to be delving into Boston's management of money received from Washington to rejuvenate deteriorating neighborhoods. A highly critical audit released by HUD this month claimed that the city had run up "excessive, unreasonable and improper costs" in a block-grant program, while failing to accomplish the intended goals...
...houses but managed to fix up only 507. According to HUD, the city spent $4,138 a building on administrative costs alone. Also charging that contracts had sometimes not been based on open bids, HUD disallowed or questioned some $5.6 million of the more than $23 million in block-grant funds that Boston had received. The auditors further contended that $1.9 million given to the city for community development was actually used for other purposes, including unrelated municipal salaries...
...effectiveness by appointing an interim eleven-member board of directors, most of whom are basically opposed to what the corporation does. Last week the board signaled its intent to withhold funds from local groups that it deemed too "activist," and next year it is likely to attempt to block legal services lawyers from filing class-action suits. Joseph Rauh, longtime civil rights lawyer, calls Reagan's appointments "the most disgusting fox-in-the-chicken-coop maneuver I've ever seen...