Word: inner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have opposed most vigorously the cutting of social spending under Reagan. It is not a "panacea" for them, and even if it is used (improperly, we believe) by others to justify a further decline in social spending, the program would still put young people to invaluable use rejuvenating inner cities, cleaning and preserving federal lands, and feeding, teaching, and aiding disadvantaged citizens from Watts to Appalachia...
Like a windshield, a face shield is prone to fogging up or shattering. The shield's manufacturer, International Forums, Inc.--never a company to let fog grow on its masks--has solved those problems by treating the shield with polycarbonate for strength and with an anti-fog inner coating...
...unrest and did not want to succeed to the throne of a divided Britain. It came out that the Prince, who has recently been depicted as something of a royal layabout, has actually been making clandestine visits to the homeless of London and seeking advice on how to remedy inner-city decay. Critics of the government applauded, while Conservatives gave indignant speeches protesting what they saw as a breach of the taboo against royalty dabbling in politics...
...sixties increasingly brought the CCA into debates on liberal issues, mostly centering around housing. The association was instrumental in blocking the inner beltway proposed to cut through residential Cambridge on the way out of Boston. "The sixties was a time of great liberalism and progressive ferment, and these were influential in turning CCA attention to social policy instead of just government," says Levy...
...racial disturbances that first rocked Britain's inner cities in 1981 and flared again this year were grim reminders of the nation's increasingly deep social problems. Yet there seemed to be limits to the violence. No police had been killed, and although rioters had thrown rocks and gasoline bombs, they had never used guns. All that changed in a few fierce hours last week when angry rioters, mostly blacks, rampaged through the north London neighborhood of Tottenham. A dozen youths hacked a policeman to death with machetes, and others fired shotguns, rifles and pistols at the police...