Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Texas-size biography of L.B.J. 14 years ago. The choice of subject was a natural progression from his first marathon, The Power Broker (1974), a 1,200-page study of New York City master builder Robert Moses. The Power Broker is an obligatory book for understanding modern urban politics. In turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money, kid. But you'll never...
...industry is getting the message. Rather than merely redistribute the existing late-night audience, Hall's show has attracted new viewers. Some urban contemporary radio stations have noticed a drop in their listenership when Hall is on the air. The inevitable TV imitators are starting to appear, notably The Byron Allen Show on CBS, a Saturday-night talk show with another black comic as host. Even fuddy-duddies like Carson and Sajak seem to be feeling the heat. Would rock acts like Simply Red and Stevie B. have been booked in the days before Hall...
...rush to buy is rooted in the new middle class's love of ostentation. Many Indians consider those Punjabis who are most at home in Delhi to be particularly brash entrepreneurs and deride the type as the "puppy," for "prosperous urban Punjabi who is young." But where the consumer itch is involved, even ordinary Indians are not above one-upmanship. Onida, a television manufacturer, runs a national ad campaign with the slogan, "Neighbor's envy, owner's pride...
Nassau County on Long Island is to Republicans what New York City is to Democrats--a good old boy, down and dirty, no apologies political machine. It is one of the last great political machines in America, living and breathing not in the trenches of urban politics but in the unlikely netherland of the Long Island suburbs...
...July, Joseph Monticciolo, the former New York regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, contended that D'Amato had repeatedly pressured him to approve housing projects. Many of them, HUD documents show, were in Puerto Rico, which the regional office administered. Last week HUD Secretary Jack Kemp decided to move Puerto Rico operations out of the New York region, which would put them beyond D'Amato's reach. D'Amato also helped gain HUD financing for work in his hometown on Long Island, where his brother Armand, a lawyer, profited from the closings on house sales. Armand...