Word: turf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sometimes the push and pull between tough tactics and constitutional requirements result in a compromise. For years, drug dealers had made Chicago's public housing projects their roosting ground, selling from apartments and raking the hallways with gunfire during turf wars. Last September the Chicago Housing Authority launched "Operation Clean Sweep." Housing authority agents and police made surprise apartment visits looking for unauthorized residents, many of them alleged drug dealers who had moved in with girlfriends. But some inspectors tended to treat tenants like students in a dormitory, demanding that visitors leave by midnight and nosing through drawers, in effect...
Problem is, there aren't many loyal fans around. The Bolts averaged only 2500 spectators at Nickerson Field in their second year as a franchise. Ever hear artificial turf rustle against the wind? Kenney probably has Still, he's not complaining...
Problem is, there aren't many loyal fans around. The Bolts averaged only 2500 spectators at Nickerson Field in their second year as a franchise. Ever hear artificial turf rustle against the wind? Kenney probably has. Still, he's not complaining...
Problem is, there aren't many loyal fans around. The Bolts averaged only 2500 spectators at Nickerson Field in their second year as a franchise. Ever hear artificial turf rustle against the wind? Kenney probably has. Still, he's not complaining...
...Zagat, whose possible future projects include a theater survey, a restaurant guide for kids, a telephone-access national data bank of restaurant information. And what about, um, Paris? "We may do other places," he says, "but the no word is for France." Breathe easy, Michelin, at least your home turf is safe...