Word: sidewalk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sits on the sidewalk as hundreds of Republicans pass, his can of change held high. "I'm homeless and hungry--anything would help God bless us," his sign says. He's got a Bible with him, but it hasn't helped increase donations. One passerby asks him if he's considered working instead of begging. "It's kind of hard. First of all I'm crippled and I have only one eye," he explains as the questioner tosses him a quarter...
...appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush...
About 20 members of Painters District Council 35, Local 577, began to picket a week ago at certain Harvard-owned locations, including the entrance to Lowell House, the sidewalk in front of Harvard Hillel and the Dana Palmer House where the non-union painters are working...
...wonder it is irresistible. Equipment to do it is relatively cheap. You can hone your skills on a grand backyard ramp or in a special park, but a downtown sidewalk will do just as nicely. The action is fast, furious and decidedly funky. Uniforms are not required, but style is vital, and the available styles are great. You can talk about it in resonant slang whose references to half pipes and acid drops, crackin' Ollies and catchin' air can be as arcane as a Rosicrucian oath. You can do it in the country or city, by a beach or across...
...traffic, safety and property violations. Explains Mark Wynn, 12, who skates in Atlanta: "Cops always think you're tearing up places, and they're wrong . . . well, sorta." Police policy about skaters seems to have only one common denominator: chase 'em. In Chicago, authorities tell skaters to get off the sidewalk, while others tell them to get out of traffic...