Word: low
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Staab praised HUD, under Harris, for becoming "a forerunner in dealing with program fraud." Harris strongly pushed subsidized housing for the poor, the repair rather than abandonment of rundown buildings in public housing projects, and a graduated mortgage payment plan that helps young people buy houses by starting with low monthly payments. She worked hard, and often successfully, to channel more federal funds into urban areas...
Harris has not won every contest. She tried publicly and unsuccessfully to get Oakley Hunter, Republican holdover chairman of the Federal National Mortgage Association, fired when Fannie Mae refused to put as much money into low-income housing as Harris wanted. Says one congressional critic: "Her temper gets her in trouble.She fights so hard she loses patience with people...
...still more concern are Jordan's personal characteristics and work habits. He has attracted a good deal of attention for a series of social faux pas, including an alleged dinner party remark about "always wanting to see the pyramids" while staring down the low-cut dress of the Egyptian ambassador's wife. When a woman accused him of making a pass in a Washington bar, then spitting a sticky mouthful of Amaretto and cream at her when she rebuffed him, the White House issued a 33-page denial of the incident...
...cars, houses and shops that line the streets surrounding Wrigley have proven prime targets for the four-bag shots that regularly pass the low wire fences behind the bleachers. There's no Fenway Green Monster to grab well-tagged liners, and the neighborhood kids make a regular habit of shagging street-bound balls off the bats of major league sluggers: souvenirs that come even without the cost of admission...
...Low Budget will undoubtedly be a huge success, not least because Davies slavishly follows the formula that made the Stones' Some Girls a successful comeback album. A disco track, "Superman," will spearhead Low Budget's blitzkrieg on the mass market. Another song, "National Health"--with an unadorned bass line and spare mixing--sounds strikingly like the Stones' "Shattered." Several other tracks are fast-paced, punk-influenced ditties...