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Word: owner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...buying trip to an obscure Massachusetts book shop, owned by an old lady who operated out of her garage. The woman's books were piled there in a heap, like they had been dumped from a truck, Kelly says. When a specimen was needed from the top, its owner would gather her skirts in one hand and scale up the sliding slope with the other to collect it. Coming down, the practical woman simply slid. "I was so stunned," Kelly says. "No matter where you go in the English-speaking world, you can find books," Kelly says...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: On Books, Respect, And Time | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

...Condo conversion has distorted the real estate market in the city," said tenant lobbyist Michael Turk. "The pressure to sell the units came from the fact that the prior owner wanted to obtain market value for a building in a highly inflative speculative housing market...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

...witnesses presented letters from Walsh to Patrick J. Sullivan, the owner of the building with the disputed apartments, and from Walsh to the tenant Jill Sullivan was trying to evict...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

...hole left by younger women, once full-time volunteers, who have entered the work force. Many retirees view such service as a duty as well as a pastime. Lois Eiseman, 67, a former kindergarten teacher, travels to schools and day-care centers to test children for hearing disabilities. Restaurant Owner "Daddy" Bruce Randolph, 88 this week, serves thousands of dinners to Denver's homeless and shut-ins every Thanksgiving. Wayne Matson, 67, a retired Air Force colonel, volunteers full time for the humane society in Winter Haven, Fla. "If you're not committed to something," he declares, "you're just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Grays on The Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Harvard's option to buy the building will expire at the end of 1988. said Kathy Spiegelman, assistant director of Harvard planning. Harvard plans to resell the building to Home-owner's Rehabilitation Inc. (HRI), a non-profit organization that builds affordable housing in Cambridge with partial city funding...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: University to Buy Building, Then Sell to Non-Profit Firm | 2/16/1988 | See Source »

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