Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explosive growth, but now the practical limits to growth are in sight. The local debate over taxes (about to go up to cover nearly $300 million in city and county budget deficits), potholes and police layoffs sounds a lot like the sober municipal agendas of New York City, Cleveland, Pittsburgh. L.A. can no longer pretend to be a surfside boom town with a job for everybody. The metropolis, in short, is maturing...
Steven A. Stepanian II Pittsburgh...
...Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati...
...Pittsburgh's U:S. Steel Corp. had supplied high-pressure air flasks for Trident submarines under contracts that carried built-in profits of between 27% and 38%, according to both Rickover...
...Rocky films, Flashdance has made it big by taking experiences of black youths and playing them in whiteface. The Flashdancers' moves can be seen any week on Soul Train, or on any inner-city street corner. But unlike its grittily romantic predecessors, Flashdance is pure glitz. This "Pittsburgh" has steel mills that shimmer in telephoto twilight. The sidewalks are clean as the Lido beach-must be where all the ironworkers got those golden tans. In a neighborhood bar, Alex (Jennifer Beals) and her chums put on a sexy, high-tech floor show that could exist only in Wayne Newton...