Word: urban
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years at Chicago, his research on how worldwide economic changes combined with the residual effects of discrimination to produce the black underclass has shaped the view of most experts in the field. Now, at 60, he believes he can combat what he considers a disastrous rightward swing in national urban policy better from Harvard than from Chicago, where, he says, "I was feeling a little isolated in the past several years here because of my interest in public policy...
...seems like a cruel tale of urban lore too tragic to be true. A naive student from a small town overseas comes to the big city. Only hours after he steps off the plane, all his Ph.D. dissertation research is stolen after he leaves his briefcase and bike unattended for a few minutes. Years of research vanish; even his passport and diary disappear...
Should the song have been remembered for its message, not its messengers? Perhaps, since the singing characters had already been portrayed as shallow bimbos. Before intermission came, the show also managed a salvo aimed at black urban culture. Stunned silence from some and guffaws from others greeted Nick Gordon's caricature of a performance as Sheik Ir-Bouti, recently returned from Long Island. In addition to the odious attributes of the show's writing, the majority of the actors suffered from overplaying that reached beyond the simply funny and into the realm of the suicide-inspiring...
...MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW York, John Pappas (Al Pacino), is a very hugging guy. He comes on with that mixture of bravado, urgency and imposed intimacy that passes for charm in urban politicians. "Noo Yawk Ciddy--this is the place!" he rasps with the naked brio of someone who owns the joint. It's good to be the mayor. And, for Pappas, it's necessary to connect with voters in a physical, almost sexual way. A handshake and a brisk "How'm I doin'?", a la former Mayor Ed Koch, is not enough. Pappas has to bear...
...opposite sides of the Civil War, for they have the same political pedigree. Both are the political progeny of Jack Kemp and come from the pro-growth, Big Tent wing of the Republican Party. Reed served as Kemp's chief of staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 until '91, and Dal Col was Reed's handpicked successor. "We were a phenomenal team," recalls Dal Col. "He was Mr. Inside, and I was Mr. Outside." The two have kept a cordial distance, but the rivalry turned poisonous last week as Dal Col accused Reed's operation...