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...fastest-growing segment of the market is motor homes, whose prices start at about $19,000 for a stripped-down version with four bunks. "They're a condo on wheels for about what you'd pay for a Cadillac," says James Summers, head of the RV dealers' association. "That's a powerful selling point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road, Again | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...achieving perfection through physical fitness and therapy. The Yuppie wakes to a digital alarm, sets down the dog food for the akita and jogs for the beta-endorphins before putting in a typically grueling day at the office, followed by an hour of therapy and meeting of the condo board. There is no time for sex, so for many Yuppies celibacy is a way of life. Yuppies eat tortellini, tuna sashimi and chefs salad, and favor restaurants with ceiling fans and dark green walls. No instant food ever passes Yuppie lips. The kitchen features scores of exotic appliances that cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Here Come the Yuppies! | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...want the most stringent law to be the statewide standard," Jordon said, adding, however, that municipalities can enact stronger restrictions, such as limiting or even banning condo conversion altogether...

Author: By Michael C.D. Okwu, | Title: Gov. Dukakis To Enact First State Condo Conversion Law | 11/29/1983 | See Source »

...addition, cities such as Cambridge, which already have condo conversion laws on the books, are exempt from the new law. Cambridge's law restricts condominiums by requiring permission from the rent control board if a rent-controlled apartment is removed from the market...

Author: By Michael C.D. Okwu, | Title: Gov. Dukakis To Enact First State Condo Conversion Law | 11/29/1983 | See Source »

Wylie hoped to Own one of the Independents by receiving transfer votes from Richard Bradson, the special interest candidate backed by condominium owners. Branson was 11th in the race, and pols were uncertain whether his constituents would transfer votes to CCA candidates or to conservatives. On the one hand, condo owners tend to be young and upward mobile, the profile of the typical CCA supporter. On the other hand, the CCA has taken a strong stand against condo conversion, to product low-to moderate-income housing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council | 11/15/1983 | See Source »

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