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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...motivated by a concern for the health of the residents of Tent City. But the institution refused to negotiate with Tent City before the eviction and discussions since then have produced nothing. Representatives of the institution have stated "the issue of homelessness is in the first instance a matter of public policy and public responsibility...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Tale of One City | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...vote is a definite message to Senate leaders that they must enforce the will of the majority of the Senate, and that is to decide on this matter," said State Sen. Royal L. Bolling's (D-Boston) Legislative Aide Anthony S. Rust. Bolling last week proposed to discharge the bill from the Third Reading Committee during the last formal Senate session, Rust said...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Gay Rights Bill Still in Limbo | 12/8/1987 | See Source »

...that statement seems reasonable. Loury pleaded not guilty to the charges, and the case is not scheduled for trial until January 21. So the University is right to be cautious in its pronouncements on the matter. Compared, however, to the University's response to Loury's problems in June, when he was charged with assaulting and threatening to murder a woman he was sharing an apartment with, Steiner's statement becomes problematic...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Awkward Situation | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...members of the military to get behind the right or else face damning evidence he might leak to the public. Said retired Colonel Sigifredo Ochoa, a prominent member of ARENA: "Duarte is talking peace but provoking more war. If we have to fight, we will fight -- it doesn't matter what the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America Grave Encounters | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

What does matter to Sondheim is work. Says he: "The point of being in the theater is to try one idea after another, maybe realize your first was the best, but be able to know -- which just about no other art form can allow." For Woods -- a sort of Fractured Fairy Tales in which Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack of Beanstalk fame and other beloved characters all meet in the same forest at the same time and blunder into one another's stories -- Sondheim and Director-Librettist James Lapine started sketching ideas soon after the premiere of their first collaboration, Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen Sondheim: Master of the Musical | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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