Word: jerseyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tight by noxious fumes from the detritus inside. "Trash entrepreneurs," driving around in vans, carted bags away for 75 cents each. Along with their luggage, residents even began taking their rubbish with them as they left for vacations in the Poconos or for trips to relatives in nearby New Jersey, where garbage collection is still a regular event...
...courage or both to make its own decisions on spending. "It's a bad idea whose time has come," admitted New Hampshire Republican Senator Warren Rudman, one of the bill's co-authors (the others: Texas Republican Senator Phil Gramm and South Carolina Democratic Senator Ernest Hollings). New Jersey Democrat Peter Rodino, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called it a "flagrant abdication of congressional responsibility." Last week the Supreme Court leveled the ultimate criticism, ruling that a key provision of GrammRudman is unconstitutional...
Turner has been saying "The whole idea was to get East and West into the same swimming pool," and that turned out to be one of the sweetest venues. When New Jersey Freestyler Sean Killion, 18, beat the great Vladimir Salnikov in a 400-meter race, Killion blinked and said, "I have a picture of him on my wall at home." Eight years between losses in the 800 or 1,500, Salnikov announced he would break his 800 record and did. "He's the greatest swimmer in history," said TV Commentator Rowdy Gaines, who enjoyed a golden Olympics two years...
...There were people from Westchester, Manhattan, and New Jersey. I even met someone from Staten Island," he jested...
...other, and then I explained the concept by folding yellow-pad sheets." White House Photographer Dirck Halstead was charged with deploying 15 photographers for this week's centennial coverage. He arranged for locations with the Navy, Coast Guard and White House, plus the states of New York and New Jersey. The planning paid off. From the New Jersey side of the harbor, Ted Thai, who immigrated to the U.S. from Viet Nam in 1973, snapped the four-page fireworks vista on Friday night. Photographer Neil Leifer was on Governors Island for the cover photo, taken after the torch- lighting ceremony...