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...There will probably be enough housing for the elderly, but that is not the case for single-parent families," said Geneva T. Malenfant, a leader of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). "There is no question in my mind that there is a lack of adequate housing for tenants in rent-protected apartments...
...head of Crown Butte's new corporate parent has come calling at least twice since August, entreating her cooperation. But Reeb does not seem receptive to his blandishments. David Rovig, a former Crown Butte head who spent years talking her into leasing her claims to the company, doubts she will sell. "At the end of the day," he says, "Margaret doesn't give a damn whether the thing gets mined or not. She wants her property...
...Development--USA is the company TIME previously identified as the G.O.P.'s secret China connection. The firm has rescued Republicans in the past two elections with a $2.2 million loan guarantee, $500,000 of which the firm eventually swallowed. Though the funds originated with the company's Hong Kong parent, that transaction appears to have been embarrassing but legal, since it was funneled through an R.N.C. think tank, the National Policy Forum, rather than the party...
...such as reruns of Columbo and Rescue 911. Most startling of all, Rupert Murdoch and Pat Robertson are talking about becoming partners. Negotiations are well along--only "technical matters" remain to be resolved, according to one source--for Murdoch to buy a stake in Robertson's International Family Entertainment, parent company of the Family Channel. Although the principals won't comment, Murdoch reportedly would purchase a 30% share of IFE (which has been valued at as much as $1.5 billion), paying for it with preferred stock in News Corp. That would make Robertson a sizable shareholder in a media giant...
...have been the most expensive pizza-delivery system ever invented. Last week media giant Time Warner (TIME's parent company) announced that it was pulling the plug on its ambitious two-way cable-TV project, the Full Service Network, launched in Orlando, Fla., in 1994. At that time then ceo Gerald Levin predicted FSN would be "a medium for providing people with unprecedented access to information and entertainment." With just a remote, subscribers could scan countless TV channels, bring up movies on demand, shop at home or order a pizza...