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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government has introduced some profit incentives and free-market forces in the economy, and visitors from neighboring Austria no longer need visas to enter the country. In recognition of these and other reforms, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance traveled to Budapest in January to return the Crown of St. Stephen, a 977-year-old treasure of the Hungarian monarchy that had been in American hands since the end of World War II. The crown is a symbol of Hungarian national pride; its "captivity"in Fort Knox for nearly 30 years had been a constant irritant in U.S.-Hungarian relations...
...Chicago's poor West Side stands a building with no graffiti marring its walls, no windows boarded up. Inside, expensive audiovisual equipment sits in unlocked offices, while near by, students pursue a discussion of a Chekhov story and Richard Wright's Native Son. It is Providence-St. Mel High School, the West Side's remaining Roman Catholic secondary school and a fortress of civility ?and hope?for black teenagers...
...space. Adding to the problem's complexity is the fact that while the University manages the graduate student housing, the Hunneman Real Estate Co. maintains and markets the University's 100 open housing apartment buildings. These are rented by non-Harvard people, like the tenants at 58 Garfield St. But the biggest problem Wyatt sees is that no one University official seems to know just who owns which pieces of property, who is in charge of maintenance, or which types of residents inhabit which buildings...
...directly with the community, via a special community relations officer, is still under discussion, Wyatt says. Michael Brewer, director of government relations, expects that his office will continue to field the complaints and community concerns, as it has done over the years. Brewer handled the oversight at 58 Garfield St., and says that similar incidents have occurred in the past, and in all likelihood will occur on occasion again in the future...
...Harvard Real Estate Corporation is primarily concerned with cleaning up the financial side of Harvard's real estate business. The accounting office should be established by July 1, and after the dust settle, perhaps other motives for forming the corporation will become clearer.The Harvard property at 58 Garfield St...