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Word: downtowner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Victor who is a street vendor in Downtown Crossing from Somerville, simply admits, "I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Philosophy of The Pit: Skins Talk Straightedge | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...simply wasn't anything else in my life. Most frightening of all, I began to suffer alcoholic blackouts during drinking episodes. I would swim back into consciousness with no recollection of where I had been or what I had done. Once, I came to late at night on a downtown city street with my suit trousers slashed down one side by a razor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diary of A Drunk | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...total of 37,000 units. Market forces gradually overcame legal ones, and whites began renting to nonwhites, often with the assistance of real estate agents who specialize in "C.I.A. listings," a coy abbreviation for "colored, Indian and African." In Johannesburg the largest concentrations of nonwhites have settled in the downtown business area and a midtown neighborhood called Hillbrow, which now has a 40% black population of about 35,000. "What is happening in Johannesburg is not an issue of political defiance but a case of necessity," says Tony Leon, a city councilor who represents a gray section of Hillbrow. "These...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa The Graying of a Nation | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

Even so, some items seemed agreeable to both parties. Neither side wanted to raise revenues by increasing rates on income taxes, which the President would almost certainly veto. "They say the first things the man downtown will ask are 'What kind of taxes are there?' and 'How much are they?' " acknowledged Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon. Thus any new taxes will include the closing of loopholes, the imposition of larger fees for Government services, and similarly innocuous revenue raisers. For example, under the Democratic proposal, the income tax deduction for interest on home- equity loans would be limited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Knife Must Fall | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

COVER: A passion for urban restoration brings polish and pizazz back downtown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

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