Word: summering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Graham, one of the City Council's strongest supporters of rent control and affordable housing since she was first elected in 1971, announced this summer that she would not seek another council term...
With casual dress and manner, King also read a newly-written short story, "The Rainy Season," a comic-horror tale of an unsuspecting professor and his wife who summer at a dingy summer town in Maine called "Willow...
...California's frenzied seller's market, some builders of relatively affordable housing are holding lotteries or using waiting lists to determine who can buy. In one such competition, Ron Rogers, 31, and his wife Lucinda narrowly missed out on a $249,900, four-bedroom house in Orange County last summer because other prospective buyers beat him to the sign-up sheet. Rogers, an information officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, now has a crack at one of 19 new homes available this week. But the price of the model he wanted has jumped...
State governments have taken the lead in giving first-timers some help with financing. Earlier this month, Michigan Governor James Blanchard proposed the first state plan to help future home buyers save money for down payments. The program, which Blanchard hopes to begin this summer, will allow state residents to buy bonds that not only pay tax-free interest but are also guaranteed to keep up with housing costs. For example, a family that wanted to buy a type of house now costing $75,000 but likely to climb in price to $105,000 in five years would invest...
...Kentucky and Tennessee last week got a bit of that action. But many more downpours are needed. Iowa's rich loam has only a third of the usual subsoil moisture. Hydrologists have warned New York that if reservoirs do not fill soon, the city could have water shortages this summer. With California reservoirs at 42% capacity, farmers are being told to expect only 60% of their water needs, and even less if rains don't come...