Word: eviction
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This charming rite may soon end. Real estate speculators have bought the building, says Ginsberg, and are trying to evict its occupants. The neighborhood, a center for low-income artists, is undergoing gentrification. So, perhaps, is Ginsberg. His earlier works were printed by small presses, notably City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Beat Generation landmark in San Francisco. Now, for the first time, Ginsberg has an agent and a six-book contract with a major New York publisher...
...regarded by many as the clear-cut first choice. In what is known by long-time administrators as "the time of troubles," Bok had proven himself as an adept conciliator, no small accomplishment compared to the man he replaced, Nathan M. Pusey '28, who had summoned the police to evict the demonstrators who had taken over University Hall. One of Bok's most celebrated moments was when, as dean, he showed up to confront student occupants of Langdell Hall armed only with coffee and doughnuts...
...projects to see the man in charge," he says. "When people asked what I was doing, I'd say, 'The first time, I'm cleaning it up for you. The second time, I'll be cleaning it up for the new tenant.' " Lindsey had remarkable authority not only to evict tenants while he renovated buildings in oasis areas but also to permit only "good people" to move in. "A good person to us was someone who made some contribution to where he was living, someone who would respect the rights of his neighbors," says Lindsey. "The bad people...
...Stroot, who is on the membership committee, volunteered that Henry's Hideaway had had to evict only one drunk in the six months it has been open. "He's probably here. I'll point him out. Well, I guess he isn't. He's usually hanging all over that gal there in the back...
Though some local residents were sympathetic with the group's aims, many found the camp an eyesore. A newly formed citizens' organization called on the government to throw out the protesters. The Department of Transport obtained a court order to evict the women to make way for a road-widening project. An Initial attempt to remove the demonstrators early last week was foiled as police came head to head with more than 200 angry women in full view of television and newspaper journalists...