Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committee which included President Kennedy's daughter Caroline and representatives from 20 neighborhood organizations planned the park, which was funded through allocations from the Massachusetts state legislature, said Leanne M. Delveccio, a spokesman for the Metropolitan District Commission which oversaw the park's construction...
...wristy even than Aaron. Davis' thumbnail sketch includes these barely credible entries: supposedly he developed those wrists dribbling basketballs endlessly on the blacktops of direst Los Angeles and was a mere eighth-round draft choice in 1980 because most of the baseball scouts were afraid to venture into the neighborhood. From the sound of it, the place had its charm. Davis, Darryl Strawberry of the Mets and Chris Brown of the Giants all took aim at the same high fence enclosing the 68th Street playground. They shot for 70th Street, and beyond...
...Boston Literacy Initiative runs a 15-neighborhood program for adults, which teaches its 1400 students at levels ranging from basic literacy to a high school diploma equivalency program, Kallenbach said...
...central theme Duehay said he concerns himself with is the quality of neighborhood life. He said he works carefully with "the local municipal environmental review, to ensure that new development does not have an adverse reaction," Duehay said...
...told this group to go forth and multiply," recalls the colorful Calida, whose office is a veritable arsenal of guns and grenades. "In a week there were 22, then 40, then 70, then 100 . . ." Alsa Masa, now several thousand strong, imposed a system of checkpoints, armed patrols, covert neighborhood surveillance, "tax donations" and more than a little intimidation. N.P.A. members who have failed to present identification quickly at Alsa Masa checkpoints have been shot on the spot. Calida insists that Alsa Masa is law-abiding. He says he gives guns only to those who belong to the Civilian Home Defense...