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...cities' problems are growing as rapidly as their populations-and that the mayors often do not have the full authority needed to cope with them. In New York City, for example, Mayor Lindsay must go hat in hand to the state legislature for money, is unable to fuse the income of the independent Port Authority and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority into the city's finances. Atlanta's Mayor Allen, like many other big-city mayors, is hampered by the intransigence of a rural-dominated state legislature. And, though Sam Yorty may have more authority than...
SWEET CHARITY. The electric performance of Dancer Gwen Verdon and the kinetic choreography of Director Bob Fosse spark Neil Simon's blown-out fuse of a book about a dance-hall hostess' futile search for a lifetime partner...
SWEET CHARITY. The electric presence of Musical Comedy Star Gwen Verdon and the kinetic choreography of Director Bob Fosse spark Neil Simon's blown-out fuse of a book about a dance-hall hostess' futile search for a lifetime partner...
...fuse that detonated the fight was a memorial service for Colonel Rafael Tomás Fernández Domínguez, a rebel killed last May during an abortive raid on the National Palace. Attending the service in the inland city of Santiago, 120 miles northwest of Santo Domingo, were Rebel Commander Francisco Caamaño Deño and 90 members of the rebel elite, all armed to the teeth. Caamaño had been warned about going by President García-Godoy, had been told that the loyalists would consider the trip a provocation. He insisted, took...
Cascading Dollars. The fuse is a section of the 1964 Economic Opportunities Act requiring that local programs be "developed, conducted and administered with the maximum feasible participation of the groups served"-meaning the poor. Now that the Federal Government is cascading $30 million a week in anti-poverty funds into 2,000 U.S. communities, the poor have power...