Word: urban
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...candidate for one of the boards that governs Harvard, Leonard Miller '55 is packaging himself as a housing magnate whose expertise can help the University fight homelessness and urban decay...
...Fabbri. "They used too little in the beginning, when there were 30,000 troops there and all they did was give out food. Later, they used too much force in trying to get rid of Aidid. That brought the Somalis themselves into the battle, turning a humanitarian mission into urban warfare." With U.S. combat forces gone, gun battles among warring clans raged around Mogadishu late last week, threatening to plunge the country back into anarchy...
...hard-luck, often desperate fortune seekers who flock to big cities. Imagine in the same way Jakarta or Shanghai. Beyond that, Singapore began its life as a British colony designed to serve as a shipping, administrative and financial center. Today it is a highly skilled society without the urban sprawl and rural poverty that afflict larger nations. An analogue might be Manhattan incorporated as a republic between the Battery and 96th Street, with its own flag, armed forces and immigration controls...
...published by Random House on May 18. In his six most recent works, beginning with The Real War in 1980, the former President dealt primarily with East-West relations. In what he called "probably my last book," Nixon focuses on domestic issues like health care, education and urban decay, arguing that communism's defeat makes it imperative that America live up to its promises. Beyond Peace is the second work by the former President that we have been privileged to excerpt...
...Other urban myths abound. Nicholas Gordon '95, who is based in Durban on the coast, told me of a woman at a public meeting who asked whether the ANC would really take over her house after the elections. Apparently, a man had knocked at her door, asked for a glass of water, and returned it with a R2 coin at the bottom "as down payment for your house...