Word: landmarks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year old Francis. Allyn House, and it is now the center of a controversy involving the City Council, the Historical Commission, a real estate developer and local residents. The June demolition of the 1564 Massachusetts Ave. structure, which was supposed to have been protected by the city's landmark ordinance, has brought about a wave of law suits and serious doubts about the ability of the city to safeguard its historic sites...
...case has meant three years worth of frustrating attempts to conform to city regulations in the hope of putting up a $2 million condominium complex. Nearby residents have complained of yet another construction project in the lucrative North Cambridge market and decried the near-total demolition of a local landmark. The city building inspector has condemned the facade as unsafe because it does not meet the wind pressure tolerance mandated by the building code. And at least three city councilors are concerned that the developer has ignored the landmark ordinance they passed...
...hottest church-state issue turns on a landmark 1962 decision, Engel vs. Vitale, in which the Supreme Court prohibited organized prayer in public schools as a violation of the First Amendment ban on "establishing" a state religion. Since then, Fundamentalists have agitated for a constitutional amendment permitting school prayer, and many local schools have simply ignored the court ban. Now many experts believe the Justices will look for a compromise. They will have an opportunity this term when they consider the constitutionality of an Alabama law that
...Louis's landmark record could come crashing down Saturday, when Landry and the rest of the Harvard squad take on Brown at Ohiri Field...
Shortly thereafter, a pro-Helms newspaper, the Landmark, published a frontpage article headlined JIM HUNT IS SISSY, PRISSY, GIRLISH AND EFFEMINATE. The article reported a "rumor" that Hunt was the lover of "a pretty young boy-employed by the U.S. State Department." According to the story, Hunt had also employed a "former high-priced call girl." A furious Hunt threatened to sue the Landmark for libel. Helms repudiated the article, and the paper's editor, Bob Windsor, made a public apology...