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Cisneros thinks an answer may lie in a new partnership between cities and the Federal Government. He has chosen Washington to launch a program that aims to shift the focus from cities' narrow efforts to erect emergency shelters to a more far-reaching campaign to provide the needy with social services and permanent housing before they ever land on the streets. The D.C. program calls for creating 1,000 permanent housing units, 100 job-training slots and 400 places in substance-abuse treatment facilities. The government will contribute $20 million in three installments over two years, but only...
...success helped launch other Latin acts. Cuban-born singer Jon Secada, who co-wrote several of Estefan's best-selling songs, has since recorded his own hits, which combine elements of Cuban music, Top 40 and gospel. Says Secada: "Artists who want to experiment find a way of incorporating the things that are worthy from all types of music, like reggae, salsa and African sounds. And it finds a way onto the charts...
...chance -- maybe the last good chance -- to revitalize NASA's faltering image, which has suffered one blow after another since the Challenger explosion in 1986. Just in the past year, the beleaguered space agency has lost contact with the $1 billion Mars Observer, has had a shuttle launch aborted three seconds before lift-off and has run into serious trouble developing the GOES-Next weather satellite, which is three years behind schedule and now has a price tag of $1.7 billion, double the original estimate...
...control device on Endeavour's right wing. After mulling over the problem for a day, NASA officials decided not to delay the mission, because three other backup sensors could do the job of the malfunctioning one. Of course, given the shuttle's recent record, a Dec. 1 launch is not exactly a safe...
Nonetheless, the majority of NAT's $8 million budget comes from two patrons -- a French emigre named Laura Pels, who believes she is helping launch an American equivalent of the Comedie-Francaise, and Randall himself. He takes no salary, donates all outside earnings, and has given more than $1 million in savings to fulfill "a lifelong dream." Randall also raised $1.2 million for the first season via a one-night benefit in which he and Jack Klugman reprised their TV-series roles in the stage version of The Odd Couple. Next summer he and Klugman plan a two-month, eight...