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...them Cuban exiles--are resisting local government efforts to buy up their properties and flood them as part of the restoration. Surprisingly, the Miccosukees have sued in favor of the landowners: because most of the families have lived there legally for decades, the tribe fears that a battle to evict them will just stall the restoration. Last week local officials backed off, and environmentalists are fuming. "The tribe's stance boggles us," says a leading Miami activist. "You look at their big new casino out there, and you wonder if they're shills for developers...
Further proof that Penthouse is not a family publication: last week publisher BOB GUCCIONE took steps to evict his son and former employee Anthony from the apartment in which he'd been living since 1987. Anthony, who worked for Penthouse's parent company until 1997, claims his Manhattan loft was a gift from his father for graduating from Harvard and joining the family business. But a judge backed Guccione the elder, saying the apartment's stock certificate had never been transferred to Anthony and he had no legal claim to it. Looks as if Guccione pere, who is also estranged...
...December 1995, there was a real sense that students had been screwed. Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III had threatened to evict student groups from PBH and to cut off $750,000 in funding because PBHA had made plans to include non-student community leaders on its new governing board. The College moved to replace the well-liked executive director of PBHA with an assistant dean for public service. Student input in selecting the new dean was blatantly ignored as Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 chose Judith H. Kidd, a candidate ranked last by the students...
...move out as soon as possible because his whereabouts had been spotted." They offered to hide him at a local Greek Orthodox church or fly him to another state. "Ocalan turned down all the options," recounts Kranidiotis, who was with him in Nairobi, "but the officers tried to physically evict and drug him. That's when an Ocalan aide flashed a revolver under her throat and threatened to commit suicide if they dared to move...
...said a developer recently bought the building with the intent to drastically increase rents and evict all residents unable...