Word: boulevard
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...called Justice for Janitors, sponsored by Sweeney's service-employees union, which has organized some 30,000 building cleaners over the past five years and brought the number of janitors in the union to 180,000. Members last spring staged a sit-in at the chic intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, that led to 49 arrests. But the demonstration paid off for 8,000 janitors employed by companies throughout the Los Angeles area, who won health benefits and paid vacation in addition to a top wage of $6.80 an hour...
...Simpson's designated team leader, Cochran swiftly set up a war room in his Wilshire Boulevard offices. The lawyers worked nights, weekends and holidays. Says Kardashian: "I got to hand it to Johnnie. When we were working, we always had a meal. We would work Saturdays, Sundays and nights. It was Mexican food with the platters laid out, or Chinese food or Italian food. We had great spreads! Ribs. We all gained weight...
...second song, "Pirate Jenny," her voice became a subdued staccato. Slowly she began to unwind, which took noticeable effort. By the time she was on the floor finishing an aria, she was out-stretched in order to breathe more freely. When she sang the jazzy "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," her breathy voice conveyed the song's suffering. Though Faithfull usually knows her range, holding a note sometimes produced a self-effacing strain in songs which require crackle...
Despite his recent amorous debacle with prostitute Divine Brown in the back alleys of Sunset Boulevard, Calif., Hugh has nothing to fear as far as the success of his new movie NIne Months is concerned...
...British loveboat and one-man charm school HUGH GRANT, for reasons best kept to himself, visits the seediest stretch of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and invites working girl DIVINE BROWN a.k.a. Pancake a.k.a. Stella Marie Thompson into his rented BMW. They strike a deal that entails his giving her, among other things, $45. At about 1:45 a.m. the local constabulary interrupts. "I did something completely insane," says Grant later. Around the world, people agree. Day's Big Rumor: Brown...