Word: tore
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...designate Grand Central Terminal a landmark, thus saving the beaux arts wonder from having a gargantuan 54- story modernist tower built over its waiting room. And it was a mere 20 years ago, give or take, that St. Louis razed 40 quaint blocks of riverfront warehouses; that Pasadena, Calif., tore up a fine commercial neighborhood to build a standard aluminum shopping mall; that Madison, Wis., let Burger King raze an 1850s stone house for its headquarters; that New York City tore down McKim, Mead and White's glorious Pennsylvania Station...
According to city workers, Brown was "dirty and incoherent." She screamed. She cursed. She tore up paper money and burned it. She defecated in her clothes. When a psychiatrist offered her a bag lunch, she threw it back. "Billie Boggs," she called herself, after a local television personality. She cooed over babies and hurled abuse at black men. Sometimes she sang. A favorite: How Much Is That Doggie in the Window...
...when Brown appeared before Judge Robert Lippmann five days after her commitment to Bellevue, she was calm and articulate. The nearest public toilet was at Grand Central Terminal, too far to walk, she explained. She tore up money when she had enough for the day because it was dangerous to carry cash at night. Yet do-gooders persisted. "I've heard people say, 'Take it, it will make me feel good,' or 'I'm only trying to help you,' " Brown complained. "Is it my job to make them feel good...
...preseason practice, Pepper tore a quadricep muscle in his right thigh. The injury sidelined him for the booters' early season--and it wasn't until October 13 that he finally made his debut on the field, playing sweeper against Boston University...
...Harvard's pass defense will be without safety Bryan Gescuk, who tore up his knee last week at Holy Cross. Back-up sophomore Jim Smith did play exceptionally well in Gescuk's place, picking off two passes...