Word: disrepair
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Michael Palm, a proctor living in Hurlbut, said yesterday the major source of discontent is the Union dorms' general state of disrepair. "The dorms are old and very poorly kept up," he said...
...with a weak base in Congress and spotty ratings in the public opinion polls. So we came up to the very harsh events of this spring of 1975 with our whole foreign policy process, which has come to rest heavily on popular trust in the Executive, already in disrepair...
...city's already horrific crime rate climbed 16% last year. Each month some 300 federally furnished mortgages are defaulted, and more and more homes fall into disrepair. Revenues from property and payroll taxes have sagged, and the municipal budget deficit could reach $40 million this year; 1,500 city workers have been let go so far, and more pink slips...
WHILE RECENTLY the tendency in the Harvard curriculum has been towards an increased number of options and a reduced number of requirements, it seems not only sad but unfair that a once so inspiring General Education program has fallen into such a severe state of disrepair. Although the abolition of restrictive requirements was a necessary and popular change, the subsequent loss of any opportunities even to take broad lower level courses voluntarily has been an unfortunate consequence. Furthermore, it was unnecessary. Increased specialization need not and must never exclude the opportunity for exposure to the wider foundations upon which detailed...
...Presbyterian Church in Bismarck, N. Dak. "Now they are $7, $8 or $10. You have to gulp before you buy." Because collections have not kept pace with inflation, Butler has been forced to cut the church's projects and staff to a minimum. When the parsonage fell into disrepair, the Butlers themselves repainted it and pasted up new wallpaper. "The estimates from contractors were just too high," recalls Mrs. Butler. "We didn't want the church to have to do so much...