Word: derelict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heavily chloroformed Lady Carfax was discovered-in time's nick-by Holmes, who deduced the double occupancy, the second inhabitant being an old derelict female who had succumbed to natural causes...
...that he made several calls to Press Secretary Jody Powell to arrange for him to review the transcripts, but that Powell never returned the calls. Journalists familiar with Powell's operation question this; Powell is not that difficult to reach. But there is no question that he was derelict in not pursuing the matter; in the crush of his campaign duties, he apparently just forgot to check back...
...Democrats had assembled in such an unregenerate place to nominate Jimmy Carter, from Plains, Ga., a Southern Baptist who in the '60s did missionary work in the Northern slums. At any rate, the contrast between the nimbus around the podium during Carter's acceptance speech and the derelict streets outside promised to be a memorable touch...
...Detroit's effort. Some 20 years ago, Joyce Hall, founder and chairman of Hallmark Cards Inc., decided to invest in what he called "the revitalization of the inner core" of his city. What he referred to was the 85 acres of used-car lots, warehouses and other derelict buildings that flanked his company's headquarters. Slowly, he bought the land-the money came from Hallmark, which produces 9.5 million greeting cards a day-and in 1967 he and his son Donald hired Architect Edward Larrabee Barnes to replan the area...
Luanda is a pretty seaside town of red-roofed buildings with typically Portuguese pastel-colored walls in soft hues of pink, blue, green and yellow. But the paint is peeling badly, and the broad, tree-shaded boulevards are developing potholes and are littered with derelict cars. Huge shells of buildings started by the Portuguese now stand idle and abandoned. Most stores, cafes and restaurants are shuttered. The language of the capital remains Portuguese, but otherwise, reminders of the departed colonialists are fast being removed...