Word: tenementation
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...Then You Moved On." Rent for a two-room tenement was only $1.25 a week, but there were many times when John and his mother were unable to raise that much. "You never had no regular address," says Knocko. "You just stayed in one place as long as the landlord would let you, and then you moved on. We were poor, we were poor. We're not proud of it, but we don't shun the fact that we were the poorest family in South Boston." The family stove was fueled with stray lumps of coal that Knocko...
Window to the World. Harassed at every turn, the opposition was unable to rent headquarters in downtown Lisbon, had to settle for three fly-blown rooms in a condemned slum tenement (rent: $400 for 30 days). Posing as sympathizers, secret police tried to worm their way into the organization; one was spotted and nearly lynched. Censors either suppressed candidates' statements, delayed them until the government had its reply ready, or simply doctored them to suit Salazar. The Roman Catholic hierarchy, which has had its differences with Salazar, published a message cautioning Catholics not to vote for "Communists or their...
...tenement tyrant is so happy to find a friendly little boy (Pablito Calvo) that he doesn't even mind chasing sticks and wagging his tail-anything for a little human kindness. By film's end, the cur sees himself for what he is, and having learned humility is restored to humanity. Funny thing, though, how the dogs of the neighborhood keep running up to him and sniffing around...
...been reported roaming the streets with a rifle, a pair of New York cops last week began questioning a teen-age tough-and found themselves threatened by riot. A hostile crowd of some 200 persons milled around, a shower of bricks and other debris hurtled down from tenement rooftops. One brick, aimed at the policemen, struck and killed a bystander, Factory Worker Ramon Rojas...
...nchez is the story of a family of live slum dwellers in modern Mexico City. Oscar Lewis, a University of Illinois anthropologist who has devoted most of his career to Latin America, met the Sanchez family in 1956 during a study of Mexico City's Casa Grande vecindad (tenement). He took a preliminary look at them in a 1959 book describing a day in the lives of Five Families, concluded that the Sánchez clan was typical of much in Mexican life and decided to study them in depth. The book is told by the Sánchez...