Word: hagan
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...What angers the Ninth Ward's more than 20,000 residents most, said Hagan's sister-in-law, Jeanette Hagan, is that while a third of the community does live below the poverty line, a myth has grown since Katrina that it "is full of nothing but drug-dealing, non-working poor black criminals, and so the place would be better off just getting bulldozed. Most of the people around here are hard-working middle-class people and homeowners." That same day members of New Orleans' City Council announced they would be seeking help from national development and realtor organizations...
...Hagan walked out to Flood Street-a moonscape of cracked mud, debris and ghostly cars that drifted in on the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina-slipped the surgical mask off her face and turned back to look at her devastated home. "It's even worse in there than I thought it would be, and I can't find any pictures or memories," said Hagan, 40. "But I'm still going to rebuild. I was born and raised here. I ain't leavin...
...pump the fetid water out of the area, and Ninth Ward residents were finally allowed back into their neighborhoods Wednesday morning for temporary "look-and-leave" visits. But even as they resigned themselves to the fact that their homes, as they are now, are lost to them, most, like Hagan, dug in their heels on the controversial subject of whether the vulnerable, low-lying Ninth-surrounded by canals and the Mississippi River-should be allowed to rise from Katrina's muck. "How many times have they rebuilt Florida after something like this?" asked Hagan, a housekeeper for the nearby Jefferson...
...Even some residents feel it's time to let the Ninth die peacefully. Across Flood Street from Hagan's home, Dahlre Brown, 42, and her husband, Edward Brooks, 36, warily entered their house after driving in from Brookhaven, Miss., where they plan to settle permanently now. "The fact is," said Brown, watching Salvation Army and EPA vans cruise the block, "this is a crime-ridden area and not an especially good place to raise kids. Over in Brookhaven they've got a 15-mph speed limit for school zones. Here they'll run your kids over." Brown points inside...
...Red.The point swing wasn’t all, though. The Harvard giveaways came at the most inopportune times, repeatedly undercutting any momentum the Crimson may have gained. Twice, Harvard took possession in Big Red territory off a Cornell mistake. And twice, struggling sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan threw an interception on the following play.“Too many mistakes,” O’Hagan said afterwards, shaking his head in disgust. “I put that on me, not thinking the right things out there sometimes, and it cost us the football game...