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Though Trump likes to talk of his triumphs, there have inevitably been controversies and defeats. One of the most striking was the five-year battle over 100 Central Park South, a dignified prewar apartment building that Trump decided in 1981 to demolish and replace. To do that, he had to get rid of tenants who clung to 50 rent-controlled apartments that cost them as little as $300 a month. Trump brought in a new management company renowned for its ferocity. Out went the lobby furniture, unrepaired went the broken elevator, unpainted and uncleaned the halls and stairways. Eviction notices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flashy Symbol of an Acquisitive Age: DONALD TRUMP | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

...joined the Shabiba, an illegal P.L.O.-affiliated youth group, and later he led a protest strike and was jailed twice. When the intifadeh caught fire, he moved to the front line of the shabab, the young militants who keep the rebellion alight. Last winter the Israeli authorities threatened to demolish his family's home if he did not turn himself in. He complied and spent 8 1/2 months under administrative detention. At one point, he and two of his brothers shared a tent in the harsh desert camp at Ketziot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Frustration Springs Eternal | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...judge ruled that the Board followed an "unlawful procedure" in giving MIT permits to either demolish or remove five rent-controlled buildings on the site of its University Park development...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Judge's Ruling May Crimp MIT Project | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...April decision, the board ruled to let MIT demolish three rentcontrolled buildings on Blanche St. on the University Park development land, and to relocate two others...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Judge's Ruling May Crimp MIT Project | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...play well, we can demolish whomever we play," Harvard Co-Captain Cyndy Austrian said. "We all have so much confidence in each other...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netwomen Pick Apart Lethargic Lions, 9-0 | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

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