Word: suburbanized
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...into some business setbacks that caused him to default on a loan. He sold his businesses, resigned from the housing post and went to work for a Harlem-based law practice. Today Holland is being encouraged to run for Westchester, N.Y., county executive. He has married, moved to suburban Yonkers and had three kids. "You don't quite know where you're going to end up when you make a decision against your economic self-interest," Holland says. "But for me, it was the best decision...
Entering the exhibit, the viewer is immediately confronted by a row of beaming all American girls taking part in a swimsuit competition and a photograph of shining, brand-new-car emblems of suburban bliss. The next series of images are photographs of gray-faced politicians, young children who are being indoctrinated by them, diners, an automobile factory and an actual television. The accompanying quote, “There is an abundance of evidence to sustain the conclusion that the indulgence in acts of sexual perversion weakens the moral fiber to a degree that he is not suitable for a position...
...wants to be famous has to be fundamentally messed up. To crave attention, adulation, adoration from the whole wide world means that you aren’t content being happy in your own little corner of the world; a white picket fence, SUV and IKEA furniture in a suburban loft just don’t cut it unless your presence is known, unless you’re a star. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Life wouldn’t be nearly as entertaining if we didn’t have J.Lo...
...Suburban towns have long sought young families who were willing to pay higher taxes for schools. But many municipalities are beginning to realize that a family isn't such a bargain if it pays $7,000 in property taxes and sends its kids to school at a cost of $8,000 each. Some communities in New Jersey, New York and other states are considering new property-tax breaks to discourage seniors from moving out--lest they be replaced by families with school-age kids...
...present in the homes of troubled adolescents, tragedies like the shootings at Santana and Columbine high schools will happen [SOCIETY, March 19]. Young Andy Williams, who fired on his classmates, should not be the only one on trial. There is room in the court for negligent parents, anonymous suburban society and the N.R.A. too. FABIO POELHEKKE Oegstgeest, the Netherlands...