Word: landlordly
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...clock Friday morning I'm on the porch in the landlord's burgundy robe, smiling at a tall woman who has clear blue eyes and slightly curly light brown hair--She looks like an athlete. She might be thirty-five. Her fingernails are glistening and perfect in the morning light "I'm a friend of Elliot's Tina Graham--he didn't mention...
Elliot is the landlord. I tell her Elliot's out of the country till August, which is true...
...Harvard and MIT are large landholders, but are tax exempt. They each make in-lieu-of-tax payments for the services the city provides, but Cambridge officials complain that the figures are far below what the tax base could bring in. Another sore spot is Harvard's role as landlord. The largest landlord in the city, the University's relations with tenants are sometimes strained, and some city officials complain that Harvard is unwilling to discuss the matter...
Under the city's housing codes, the Rent Control Board must approve special removal permits for any landlord who wishes to remove rent-control housing from the local market...
...runaway federal deficit, which might range up to $200 billion in the coming fiscal year. High deficit spending could lead to heavier federal borrowing that would drive interest rates back up again. A few individual investors are also having second thoughts. Early last year, Stanley Reed, 33, a Brooklyn landlord, invested more than $5,000 in stocks. Reed had planned to borrow and plunge further into the market, but now he no longer wants to take the chance. He intends to wait instead for the market to fall and then transfer some additional savings into stocks. Says...