Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Joseph A. Califano Jr., the sharp-witted, liberal and independent-minded Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. His replacement, subject to Senate confirmation: Patricia Harris, head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and first black woman in the Cabinet. Her successor at HUD has not been announced...
...strongly pushed subsidized housing for the poor, the repair rather than abandonment of rundown buildings in public housing projects, and a graduated mortgage payment plan that helps young people buy houses by starting with low monthly payments. She worked hard, and often successfully, to channel more federal funds into urban areas...
...serious threat to internal security. The most oppressive exploiter of the farmer is Bangkok itself, which by government decree keeps the rice price paid to the farmer well below world levels. The "rice premium" has been a favorite tool of Thailand's military rulers. By lowering the urban consumer's cost of living, the Premier has ensured political stability in Bangkok...
...Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that in 1970 half the people in the U.S. could have afforded to buy a median-priced new house -then $23,400-by the normal credit rule that they spend no more than 25% of their pretax income on mortgage payments...
...Wanderers is not just another urban gang movie; it is a little of every big, prominent gang movie made during the past two decades. Bits and pieces of this volatile film recall Clockwork Orange, Mean Streets, The Warriors and even West Side Story. Though the conflicting parts never mesh into a coherent whole, The Wanderers is always worth watching...