Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear Los Angeles day-the kind that usually happens only in winter-it presents a picture of undeniable elegance. A half-block west of the old Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, the ornate façde of the Garden Court Apartments stands as a monument to another era when the building's tenants included the likes of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Mack Sennett, John Barrymore and Louis B. Mayer. Sculpted angels still hang from its flanks; a trio of cherubs intertwine arms on the fountain out front; inside, despite a rich cache of old whisky...
...German capital last October, carrying such signs as REAGAN: YOUR BOMB WILL NOT BE OUR TOMB. But there will be differences. While some of the earlier protesters had condemned the 300 Soviet SS-20 missiles targeted on Western Europe, the organizers of Thursday's rally have tried to block all mention of Moscow's arms buildup. As a result, what emerged last year as a groundswell of popular feeling opposed to nuclear weapons is now being exploited by West German Communists to bolster an aggressive Soviet campaign to generate Western European opposition to NATO's defense strategy...
...attempt to cut down on federal red tape, and return control over education to the states, next year's budget is organized to amass certain elementary and secondary school programs that were previously earmarked for specific projects into block grants. Approximately $400 million out of $5 billion that was previously divided into categorical grants will be given to the states to spend as they see fit, within the same broad areas. Money specifically earmarked for desegregation programs has been eliminated...
Some local school officials see advantages to the block grants, but are concerned over the attrition in funds. "You have more discretion, before they told you what to do," says Martin Hunt. Boston's senior coordinator for external grants, adding that "our concern is that with the move to reduce funding, [the question will be] discretion over what...
...year, when the city lost most of their federal funding for desegration and other programs, that came under the 1965 Secondary School Emergency Aid Act. Added to reductions in income from local taxes resulting from Proposition 2 1/2, "that hurts," Hunt says. School officials are uncertain what impact the block grants will have as that area of the 1983-84 budget has not yet been dealt with. They represent a "relatively small piece, but are important because they are a step in a certain direction. "They will not affect the racial balance in the schools because Boston is under local...