Word: paso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many other Americans. There are people who will no longer ride the subways of the big cities, others who have changed their route to work to avoid the confrontation. In Los Angeles a pedestrian can be approached six times on one block. In El Paso panhandlers congregate at the busiest intersections, hauling children into traffic to tap on the windows of trapped cars. In Chicago they roam the churches, taking their own collections. In Seattle, where a law has been passed banning "aggressive begging," a man was beaten to death in June after allegedly rebuffing a panhandler...
...vicious, born more of desperation and frustration. In Fort Lauderdale a city commissioner suggested rat poison as a topping for local garbage to discourage foraging. A member of the Los Angeles County board of supervisors advocated placing the homeless on a barge in Los Angeles Harbor. In El Paso last month, four billboards of unknown sponsorship sprang up: PLEASE DON'T GIVE TO BEGGARS -- THEY CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. El Paso City Representative Ed Elsey has received complaints that some panhandlers scratch cars with rocks or spit on the windshields if drivers refuse to give. "They are becoming more aggressive," says...
...sweatband nights. Then the farm teams added a few gimmicks all their own. Several clubs offer home-plate weddings to their fans. Anyone attending a Birmingham Barons game can order a birthday cake brought to his seat and watch his name being flashed on the electronic scoreboard. The El Paso Diablos give away used cars -- after shooting off smoke bombs inside them. At a recent Buffalo Bisons game, the crowd watched a figure skater do her act on a plastic sheet atop a dugout...
Some veteran bush-leaguers are concerned that people are paying far too much for minor-league franchises. "It's a rich man's game now," says Harry Steve, general manager of the San Jose Giants. Adds El Paso Diablos Owner Jim Paul: "I keep saying prices are going to hit a limit, although they don't." Like gold at $800 an oz. and stocks when the Dow hit 2700, the value of minor- league clubs could be due for a tumble...
Carrasco gives his charges plenty of incentives, including cash bonuses of $25 to the Corps Member of the Month and $15 for outstanding arts-and-crafts work. He encourages esprit-building projects: the trainees are refurbishing several old trolley cars to be operated as tourist attractions in El Paso. Alumni success stories serve as sources of inspiration. After being hired as a switchboard operator, a young woman wrote the center saying "This check will make me the first in my family not to be eligible for food stamps...