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...April, amid growing opposition from neighbors and the City Council, Cambridge's historical commission declared the building "historically significant," resulting in a six-month moratorium on construction...
...Building office with the moneymen and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, Baker gave a 95-minute preview of a new Reagan Administration plan for defusing the Third World debt bomb. Meanwhile, in New York City, a group of bankers representing 600 international lenders agreed to grant Mexico an emergency six-month extension on nearly $1 billion of IOUs. While those events unfolded, the sharp impact of another new Washington strategy was being felt around the world. Spurred by a U.S. commitment to reduce the foreign exchange value of the dollar, the greenback tumbled last week to its lowest level...
...less than the next cheapest car, Chevrolet's Japanese-made Sprint. Yet the Yugo's sticker price seems to be just what buyers want. Orders for 3,000 Yugos have flowed into the company's 83 dealerships, mostly in the East and Midwest, where just 500 cars are available. Six-month waiting lists have built up. "Unbelievable," says Philip Artz, a dealer in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. "We have over 200 orders with deposits, sight unseen...
...doctor's and another former BWH clinical fellow, Eugene Sherry, were convicted in June 1981 of taking a BWH nurse from a Boston party to a Rockport beach house and raping her. Hussain and Lefkowitz, have since lost their licenses to practice medicine, served six-month prison sentences and lost a series of appeals culminating in the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling...
...modern version of public humiliation: red stickers on their cars' rear bumpers that read CONVICTED DUI. The initials announce that the miscreants have been driving under the influence. County Judges Frederick De Furia and Becky Titus began pasting drunk drivers with the stickers two weeks ago. During the six-month period of the sentence, offenders are permitted to drive only for work purposes. Most ordered to display scarlet bumpers have done so. But several have appealed, arguing that the judges have exceeded their sentencing authority. "We've lost our sense of shame in this country," responds Judge Titus, "and humiliation...