Word: jam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...homeless in flea-bitten welfare hotels. Buffalo, by contrast, has 450 beds for 300 homeless, including Robert ("Pastor Bob") Timberlake's brand-new $2.2 million, 153-bed mission, all paid for by private donations. Baltimore has no city-owned shelters; 100 street dwellers are turned away every night from jam-packed private missions. The city is helping private agencies raise money for the homeless by staging a Valentine's Day "Love Boat Party" at which, for $25 a head, revelers are supposed to "have a heart for the homeless...
...immediate full-scale evacuation were ever needed, it might well prove to be disastrous. "If everyone got into their cars and tried to leave the town by road, there'd be a massive traffic jam," says Plant Spokesman Henderson. "That's the way the valley's built." Henderson quickly points out, however, that because of the plant's safety features, such an evacuation would be very unlikely. Nonetheless, he says that in response to the growing concern, Union Carbide plans to work with the residents in devising an escape plan...
...Ethiopia. The $2 single, which will be released in the U.S. this week, has already sold a million copies in England, where it appeared three weeks ago. The record is "enough to make a difference, but it's also a statement," says Sting, part of the charity jam. The money raised so far is already on its way to Ethiopia through Band Aid Trust, an organization of rockers and business executives...
...head coach, youngest in the history of the league, Shula never tried to be Brown, Ewbank, Blanton Collier or any other coach of his experience. "The players can sense a copy," he thinks, and this has also been his view of quarterbacking. "I didn't try to jam Johnny Unitas' style down Bob Griese's throat. I never expected David Woodley to be Griese...
...route to an interview with Letitia Baldrige, etiquette author and cover subject of TIME's last major look at manners in 1978, New York Correspondent Adam Zagorin was delayed by a traffic jam. "I ran to a pay phone to explain. Baldrige replied, 'I understand perfectly. I'll use the extra time to gather more material.' With perfect politeness, she had accepted my apology and put me at my ease." Reporter-Researcher Val Castronovo interviewed several observers of modern manners, including New Yorker Cartoonist William Hamilton and Social Critic Fran Lebowitz. She found them grappling with...