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Much of the northern half of Brooklyn is turning into Bushwicks. The white neighborhoods in the south half--Midwood, Flatlands, Brighton Beach, Mill Basin, Canarsie, Bay Ridge--look north and fear, because the poverty seems to be creeping ever closer. And for many of these people there's nowhere left to run. They're willing to make their stand, as they put it, because somebody has to. The older people especially, with fixed incomes and meager lives, lock themselves in at night to avoid becoming victims and tremble at approaching footsteps in the day--they have no place...
Whether the timing is right for such stimulus to the economy is highly debatable. Prime Minister James Callaghan a few weeks ago told the Labor Party conference in Brighton that Britain is on the verge of an era of prosperity that "will eclipse anything seen since we became an industrial power 200 years ago." In his speech last week, Healey optimistically forecast that inflation would fall to a single figure. At present, inflation, though down, is still running at a high annual rate of 16.5%, and some unions are pushing for wage boosts going beyond the government's guideline...
...cuts and spending increases next spring?but only if unions adhere to the 10% wage guideline. Even if they do, some economists worry, the Labor government in its rush to secure victory at the polls may spur a new round of inflationary consumer spending. Labor Party leaders said at Brighton that Britain ought to spend North Sea revenues to modernize its industry and build new income-producing businesses. By giving most of its goodies to consumers, this minibudget goes in the opposite direction...
Five years ago, when Boston Policeman John O'Brien was rounding the corner of Brighton's Commonwealth Avenue and Washington Street at 10 m.p.h. in broad daylight, he lost control of his police car and struck an elderly woman named Bridget Neville. Six months in the hospital and $32,000 in medical bills later, Neville, now 83, won a belated jury award of $103,253. Fair enough...
...does not perform abortions itself but refers students to clinics in the Boston area, usually the Crittenton Clinic in Brighton...