Word: suburban
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...high as that sounds, the sum the Reids paid for their home is not all that unusual in the U.S. of 1987. In suburban developments from Newport Beach in California to West Bloomfield near Detroit and from North Stamford, Conn., to the Buckhead area of Atlanta, luxury houses that start at $500,000 and run well over $1 million are sprouting in unprecedented numbers. Reason: the unusually long five-year-old economic expansion and the record-breaking stock market advance have rapidly swelled the ranks of the rich. Says Ray Gentile, a builder on Long Island's North Shore...
When the editors of the Mesa Tribune in suburban Phoenix jumped into print early with copies of this week's Doonesbury cartoon strip, they knew they would be making news. The object of Artist Garry Trudeau's satire is Evan Mecham, Arizona's outspoken Republican Governor. The strips lampoon controversial remarks Mecham has made since taking office in January, including his description of recall-movement leaders as a "band of homosexuals and a few dissident Democrats." Mecham is not amused: he complained that the Doonesbury series "crossed the point of decency" and advised his lawyers to explore a possible libel...
Escorted by a 13-vehicle motorcade of the presidential security guard, Corazon Aquino made her way through Manila's rain-slicked streets into suburban Fort Bonifacio. Immediately after she entered its precincts, tanks and heavy artillery sealed off the sprawling headquarters of the Philippine army. Only three days earlier, military rebels had come close to toppling the President. Now, on National Heroes' Day, she was determined to talk tough. Speaking to a television audience from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the fort's Graveyard of Heroes, she excoriated the mutineers as "traitors and murderers." She declared that troops...
...involved later told investigators for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that the nine other stamps they acquired were sent out on agency mail. Skeptics, however, believe that each of the employees kept a single stamp for himself. Jim Ellenberg, owner of a stamp- and coin-collecting shop in suburban Washington, insists he recently gained possession of one of the inverted candlestick stamps from a CIA man. Says Bill Bergstrom, office manager of the Schiff firm: "It is obvious one, all or some ((of the CIA workers)) were holding the rest...
...Manila Hotel for two days and declared Arturo Tolentino, Marcos' vice-presidential running mate in 1986, to be President. In November Ramos announced that he had blocked a coup attempt by Enrile and his backers, including Honasan. In January pro-Marcos troops moved again, holding a radio station in suburban Manila for 61 hours before surrendering. In July four officers linked to Marcos were arrested in connection with another plot...