Word: downtowner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from the underground and initially bringing with them arms supplied by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Marxists were primarily responsible for an ugly outburst of anti-Americanism, long latent in Iran but never before so viciously expressed. At midweek, leftist gunmen attacked the U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran (see following pages), taking 70 American prisoners, killing one Iranian employee and injuring two Marines. One of the prisoners was Ambassador William Sullivan. Forces loyal to Khomeini were able to lift the siege after two hours, but the Carter Administration (as well as the British and several other Western governments) concluded that...
TEHRAN--Guerillas firing automatic weapons stormed the U.S. Embassy in downtown Tehran today, wounding two Marine guards and taking Ambassador William H. Sullivan and 101 other Americans hostage before forces of the new Iranian government rescued the Americans after a 3 1/2-hour gun battle...
...same time, downtown Detroit is being transformed by a building boom. The biggest addition to the skyline is the much heralded Renaissance Center, completed at a cost of $350 million in 1977 by a consortium led by Henry Ford II. A cluster of five glass towers next to the Detroit River, "Ren Cen" consists of a 73-story hotel, the world's tallest, and four 39-story office buildings. More than 90% of the office space has been rented, and the complex's shopping arcade, which includes elegant boutiques such as Courreges, Ungaro and Cartier, has brought...
...cost of $70 million. The 20,000-seat Joe Louis sports and convention arena, also on the river bank, is near completion. Luxury apartments are scheduled to be built on an adjacent 35-acre plot, and some 70 large construction projects are being developed for the rest of the downtown area. Indeed, downtown apartments are in such demand that they have become scarce and rents are rising...
...towering Plaza Hotel, with a revolving rooftop bar and a 240-seat nightclub. The hotel will serve as the party's convention headquarters. City officials assured Republicans that more than 16,000 hotel beds will be available, although only some 3,000 will be in downtown Detroit. Many will be across the river in Windsor, Ontario, and others 40 miles away in Ann Arbor and even in dormitories at the University of Michigan...