Word: dump
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When we turned away from the Croatian border, we still thought the U.N. would meet us. Instead three dump trucks joined us. There was one van in front with Serbian military police, and on each bus was a soldier with an automatic weapon. At Skender Vakuf, they told us we were passing the front lines, so we should lie down and not look out the windows...
That was typical of the daggers flung at Quayle's back during one of the most bruising weeks of his embattled tenure. Desperate to do something dramatic to reverse Clinton's 2-to-1 lead over Bush in the polls, many Republicans last week stepped up their calls to dump Quayle. No sooner had Bush publicly stated that Quayle's spot on the ticket was "very certain" than the Vice President handed fresh ammunition to his critics. Asked by CNN'S Larry King what he would do if his daughter, now 13, were grown and had an unwanted pregnancy, Quayle...
...tenants cited peeling paint, holes in ceilings and floors, heat problems, mice and poor upkeep in the building's common areas. In short, critics say a city agency agreed to raise rents for a building that is "abominable" and "a dump." And they say 266-270 Windsor St. is a perfect example of why the city's rent control system needs structural reforms...
...resident Edwina Kenney, who did not sign anaffidavit of compliance, said the building'scondition is far from satisfactory. Kenney saidher rent was recently raised from $615 to $642 amonth, but that she will not pay the differencebecause the building "looks like a dump...
...also the business ties Rockefeller had established in his long tenure as Faubus' investment counselor. Besides, the Federal Government was turning away from the Great Society. Clinton hoped for help from his fellow Southerner in the White House, Jimmy Carter, but that plan backfired when Carter used Arkansas to dump Cuban refugees at Fort Chaffee, where they rioted, broke loose and alienated the locals...