Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...violence ends with a palpable, some will say trite, proclamation of self-importance. It is the realization that there is nothing Western culture can do to save the Maori from decadence and decay that they could not do better themselves. By first flinging bits of raw, unfiltered indictments of urban life at its audience, "Warriors" depresses the spirit in order to redeem it with a glimmer of hope in the end. While violence serves a dual purpose, to caress the fetish as well as to sicken the heart, it is the latter purpose Tamahori hopes will resonate most deeply with...
Area Four received a Federal Home PartnershipGrant of $817,800 to rehabilitate private houses,and was awarded an Urban Development Action Grant(UDAG) of $1.6 million in 1991. The UDAG pays out$78,000 a year, and residents control where itgoes...
...With welfare reform coming through, thebiggest challenge will be finding creativesolutions to affordable child care and jobtraining," Nze says. Tenant Council meetings onthe proposed down-sizing of the Department ofHousing and Urban Development (HUD) have drawnhundreds, according to Maragioglio...
Born said many municipal officials were "distraught" as potential spending cuts discussed at the meeting, most notably a proposal to eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros said he will "stay and fight" rather than resign as an independent counsel begins to investigate whether he lied to the FBI during his pre-confirmation background check in early 1994. Cisneros announced his decision at a press conference soon after Attorney General Janet Reno recommended the appointment of the special prosecutor to probe allegations that Cisneros lied about payments to an ex-mistress. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says Cisneros, who had indicated his intention to resign if a counsel were appointed, apparently changed his mind after a long session with...