Word: downtowners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When gunfire ripped through downtown Belfast last week, office workers on their lunch break responded with weary resignation, learned from years of living dangerously. For twelve days Irish Republican Army terrorists had gone on a shooting spree, gunning down five people. By the grim rules of Northern Ireland's religious warfare, it was time for militant Protestants to strike back. Still, when the counterattack came, it proved to be more than the usual random raid against Roman Catholics. This time the Protestants' target was Gerry Adams, 35, president of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political...
John P. Neumann '86, of Adams House and Palo Alto, Calif., appeared to have "jumped of his own volition" from the Criminal Courts building in downtown Manhattan, said New York Police Sgt. John Codiglia...
Laid out like a cross, San Salvador's four broad avenues meet at the Plaza Barrios, the heart of the downtown shopping area, where the hawkers sell a colorful variety of woven crafts, baskets and other goods...
...that difficult to purchase the obligatory visa which one needs to get in and out of Russia. Scurrying about downtown Stockholm to obtain the necessary forms for the Soviet consulate is about the only requirement. They want to make sure that you have hotel and train reservations. Once that's done, you indulge in a "Why do you want to go to our country?" conversation--"I want to open my eyes to the culture which I have heard so many terrible, awful things about"--and then receive the visa in a day for about 10 dollars. Surprisingly, it's that...
...shelters are unproductive. Some in energy exploration encourage drilling. Others in real estate provide incentives to rehabilitate old buildings in downtown areas. Reason: the 1981 tax law, in addition to cutting everyone's taxes, allows landlords to write off the cost of their buildings over 15 years, instead of the 40 to 50 that had been usual. That permits them to recoup their investment faster...