Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dennis was convinced: "I don't know why he's worrying about this. It sure ain't like we don't have enough real problems in the city. Why doesn't he do anything about the violence in my neighborhood? It's a hell of a lot worse than anything out there. Where's the Mayor when ya need...
...Manhattan's Upper East Side, staged bitter fights to block the building of local McDonald's outlets. Stung by such criticism, McDonald's has tried to make its presence more welcome in recent years by toning down its garish yellow arches and designing restaurants that insinuate themselves into the neighborhood. On the Mississippi River in St. Louis, a McDonald's is housed in a floating reproduction of an 1880s side-wheeler, complete with brass-trimmed chandeliers...
...million property tax levied against South Central residents to pay for 300 additional city police officers. If the measure passes this June, it will mark the first time that residents within a section of any major U.S. city have taxed themselves to pay for more police for their own neighborhood...
...exploded. "The earth moved," recalled Sergio Cano, a laborer. "We thought the gringos had started bombing." The blast in the Nicaraguan capital signaled neither an earthquake nor an armed invasion from the north but an unusually bold contra attack on an electrical tower. While residents slumbered in the dusty neighborhood of Domitila Lugo, rebels had scaled the high-voltage pylon and placed explosives on the metal crossbars. The explosion shattered windows and broke dishes in nearby homes, but no one was hurt. Indeed, electrical service was not even interrupted, and the tower remained standing...
...white sweater and brown skirt. "I am going to stay here." Yet her devotion to a district that lacked food, water and electricity seemed suspect. With Iraqi officials striving to put a brave face on the fighting, the government may have placed the woman in the deserted neighborhood to impress visitors with her resolve...