Word: grimes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Slowly, the east is beginning to look much like the west. Colorful storefronts and advertisements have covered some of the east's shabbiness. VWs outnumber spluttering Trabants. Blackened buildings are disappearing behind scaffolding as workers scrape away a half-century of grime. The air is cleaner...
Most Surprising Taint Pristine Minnesota was sullied by a thin layer of political grime. In July, Republican David Durenberger was denounced by the Senate for unethical conduct. Three months later, G.O.P. candidate Jon Grunseth abandoned the gubernatorial race after charges arose that he had skinny-dipped with teenage girls nine years...
...fall of the Iron Curtain could spur a cleanup. West Europeans lead the world in environmental consciousness because they have suffered egregious homegrown pollution as well as grime floating in from the east. Expenditures on environmental protection in Western Europe have increased from $46 billion in 1987 to $73 billion this year, and are expected to rise 75% more by the year 2000. Additional funds and technology will undoubtedly go to help neighbors to the east modernize their industries and fight pollution. Both Sweden and the Netherlands, for example, have offered to help Poland cleanse its air. Klaus Matthiesen, environment...
...Crime, grime and red ink have apparently clouded the ability of New York City Mayor David Dinkins to recognize a good deal. When Japan Airlines launched a Big Apple tourism program, officials were dismayed to discover that Hizzoner was too busy to pose for a publicity picture for the campaign. JAL estimates that the ad inviting young Japanese to go "New Yorking" could attract 23,000 tourists and bring $73 million to the city. In print and TV spots, JAL portrays New York City as a nonthreatening, nonstop party town. Apologetic city officials say they don't have a record...
NATION: Crime, grime and declining services are rotting the Big Apple...