Word: districts
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...been some resounding failures. Overoptimistic local officials have found it too easy to wheedle funds from Washington. One of the worst-both big and little-is McKees Rocks, Pa. (pop. 13,000), a suburb bordering Pittsburgh. In 1957 county authorities decided to rebuild the town's crumbling commercial district; U.S. officials agreed to foot $2.3 million of the bill, and the destruction was done. The 24-acre site would have been ideal for industry, which could afford it, but McKees Rocks officials insisted that it be developed for commercial use only. Last week, eight years later, the land...
Appalled, Queens District Attorney Nat Hentel last week named Randazzo the first winner of an "honor" certificate to be handed out each year by the D.A. "for the exercise of exceptional citizenship responsibility." Unfortunately, though, in what Hentel aptly calls "the cold society," awards seem unlikely to reform those who live by the big-city philosophy: Ignore thy neighbor...
...Diana, as lead singer, carries the heaviest load, they divide their earnings evenly. Using last year's take of $250,000 each (it may hit $400,000 this year), they moved their families into three modest duplexes on the same street in Detroit's northwest Buena Vista district. The homes are luxuryless, just spartanly comfortable, and reflect the girls' sensible, unawed view of their instant riches. "You know, my father didn't want me to get into this business," muses Diana. "When I left, he said, 'If you don't make...
...NEPAL Working under the Ministry of Economic Planning and with district Agricultural Development Officers, Volunteers will help develop agricultural cooperatives at village and district levels, aiming to provide credit facilities and improve agricultural techniques and distribution...
...Sierra Leone, I was given a road project in Bombali district. I Kriolized (after Krio, the Englishderived lingua franca of the country) my technical words--amma, c'ment, 'spana--dropped them expertly and waited for cheers and applause from my workers. Meanwhile, I read something called, "How to Build a Bridge," and I built one (I'm still laughing...