Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first time since 1970, rent control is no longer an election issue, as the program was abolished by statewide referendum last November...
Despite this recent interest, Election Commissioner Wayne A. "Rusty" Drugan, Jr. said he expects a low turnout among Cambridge's 40,100 voters in this first election since rent control's demise...
Davis said voting rates would be depressed in lower-income areas, where tenants have moved from the city since the abolition of rent control by statewide referendum last November...
...candidates are doing a good job of addressing the issues, but they just don't have the voter following they did [in 1993] when rent control was around," Spears said...
...shambly, incidental pleasures, Mallrats gives one the impression that as Smith ages, he isn't going to get better--just more so--and that he'll crank out more low-rent, easy-on-the-ears comedies. When Brodie walks into the mall, he exclaims, "I love the smell of commerce in the morning!" The joke refers to Apocalypse Now, but the bet here is that Smith does love the odor of deals. A film studio to him is just a giant convenience store where he can showcase his bright, disposable wares...