Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That style was forged in postwar Waukegan, Ill., a Lake Michigan shore town about 50 miles north of Chicago. A housekeeper's daughter, Betty Williams was ambitious and nimble. When she and her neighborhood friends moved from a mostly black elementary school to the mostly white high school, she left behind her black friends without embittering them. "In advancing herself, she kind of faded away from us," says classmate Nathan Booker. "But nobody held it against her because she was always nice and courteous." She graduated from high school in 1957 and took a job as a clerk typist...
...Americans dispute that there is a valid case for taking out Saddam. The Iraqi leader even more than his suspected arsenal menaces his neighborhood. He has, in a galling way, been able to fashion a kind of victory out of defeat: the embargo blockading his country has enabled Saddam to blame the U.S. for his country's problems. He continues to frustrate U.N. resolutions designed to neuter his military might...
...academic and residential structures on Sumner Road. We understand and share what we take to be the community's central concerns: to conserve and improve the green space behind Gund Hall and to build in keeping with the scale of the site, respecting its proximity to a residential neighborhood. One way to accomplish this is to explore the use of below-grade space. Another will be to improve and make effective use of space possibilities offered by Coolidge Hall...
...want to emphasize that our dialogue with the community in this pre-planning stage reflects a sincere desire to explore the use of this site in cooperation with neighborhood residents. The Crimson's recent editorial challenges the University to continue to involve the community in this important project. We are glad The Crimson will watch us closely, and look forward to continuing an informed discussion in the coming months. KENNETH A. SHEPSLE...
...Neighborhood of American Sagas Two of the biggest media attractions in Brentwood crossed paths -- well, almost, reports the Associated Press. O.J. Simpson, who knows a little about media stakeouts, drove up to the house owned by Dr. Bernard Lewinsky on Monday, smiled for the cameras and asked a cameraman: "Is that the Lewinsky house?" It was. Inside, visiting her father and stepmother, was former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. While his father stayed at the wheel of the black sport utility vehicle, Justin Simpson jumped out and went two doors down from the Lewinskys' to fetch a friend. The boys...