Word: downtowner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sooner were the election returns in than Bosch followers began crying fraud, and Bosch himself announced that his party would challenge the results "at every point where there appears to have been fraud." In Bosch's behalf-but clearly without his blessing -snipers began taking potshots in downtown Santo Domingo, and leftist and Communist troublemakers took to the streets, jeering "A gigantic fraud," throwing rocks, and scattering leaflets that called for a "massive fight in the streets." "Balaguer," glared one young tough, "might be elected, but he will never rule this city...
...color TV, room-wide balconies that are 6 ft. deep, built-in bars with ice machines, and electric blankets; they cost $16 to $21 a day for single occupancy, while penthouse suites run up to $150. To capitalize on its superior location-much closer to the airport than its downtown competitors-Century Plaza offers extensive meeting-room facilities. For corporate guests, the hotel has nine board rooms, each with an adjoining private dining room on the mezzanine floor; for conventioneers, there is the immense, 24,000-sq.-ft. Los Angeles Ballroom buried two floors under ground but directly accessible...
Obote seemed satisfied with the slaughter. With flames from King Freddy's demolished palace still visible from downtown Kampala, he appeared before Parliament to make an official announcement. "There is nothing to regret," said Obote. "The oneness of Uganda must be assured...
...court in downtown Detroit has the familiar grey Government air. Lawyers match wits in somber courtrooms, jurors try to understand, defendants try to look innocent. But there is one big difference. Detroit's federal district (trial) court handles 90% of its criminal business without the help of a single U.S. commissioner-the federal magistrates who man the front line of federal criminal justice. Despite this fact, the Detroit court is among the best...
...bring out utility and executive models based on military designs. Sikorsky sees a big civilian market for its Skycranes, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development has just put up $490,000 to test whether the Crane can fly a buslike pod of 40 passengers between airports and downtown-at costs competitive with ground travel...