Word: combating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then-Mayor Raymond L. Flynn announceda comprehensive plan for terminating the remainingadult-entertainment centers in the Combat Zone...
...recent years, the city's focus has been onfostering the growth of Asian-American-ownedbusinesses like Toh's rather than just excludingsexually-oriented industries from the Combat Zone...
...When the Combat Zone was first designated as the city's headquarters for immoral pursuits in 1974, it was "sort of a no man's land" separated from most of the city by stretches of barren lots, according to Kelly Quinn, spokesperson...
Although Quinn says that Boston under MayorThomas M. Menino is making no effort to "curbthese people's [First Amendment] rights" anddenies any concerted effort by the city to removethe X-rated element from the Combat Zone, the BRAhas a history of conflicts with the sin industryon Washington Street...
...Director Paul Barrett told The BostonGlobe at the time that the city would "put thelast nail in the coffin of the Combat Zone,"predicting an end to the Naked-I Lounge andPilgrim Theatre, whose buildings have since beentorn down to accommodate a parking...