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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ensued is both self-righteous and insipid. The homeless crisis requires tough answers and sacrifice. The real question is not one of steam vents, but of our responsibility. Are we responsible for the homeless? If we are truly committed to the homeless then we must raise taxes to build low income housing. We must supply halfway houses and counseling services. We must supply job training and job opportunities. We must offer our time to shelters and kitchens. Any solution requires real sacrifice. The problem is complex, and, of course, it is easier to point fingers at "the establishment" than...
...good films before. Fine acting and unusual direction could transform this dry tale into an honest, intense look at a family in crisis. Yorkin, however, does as much as he possibly can to curtail any such developments, repeatedly placing his characters against technicolor skies as they set off to build new lives across the rainbow in Puget Sound...
...Wednesday--Six months after its gala opening, the directors of the Sackler Museum announce that they have applied to the city for permission to build a connecting tunnel under Broadway between the Sackler and its mother museum, the Fogg. "We'd model it on the Paris metro system," says a spokesman for the two-toned tower. "Just like that movie, what was it called...
...hatched in zoos came from eggs taken from nests in the wild; capture of the last six wild condors, they fear, may mean no more eggs. Finally, the environmentalists say, without any condors in the wild, it will be harder to resist the pressure of developers who want to build in the birds' natural habitats. Should the day come when biologists attempt to reintroduce condors into the wild, their natural environment could very well no longer exist...
...billion. The agreement followed GM's 1984 acquisition of Electronic Data Systems, a premier data-processing firm. The world's largest automaker hopes to use the skills of its two new units to move into special areas of technology, especially with the Saturn project, which aims to build a small car that can compete with Japanese models. EDS is designing computer software that will link all aspects of Saturn operations from the showroom to the shop floor, while Hughes will develop electronic systems for GM cars...