Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Long-standing neglect at the Energy Department led to the dangerous deterioration of Government-run nuclear-weapons plants, and the department is currently dragging its heels on an estimated $150 billion effort to get the program back into shape. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, new Secretary Jack Kemp is busy mopping up after eight years of Reagan-era mismanagement and scandal. The losses are running beyond $4 billion...
Haar, a noted expert on inner city revitalization and a former presidential task force officer, supported the new law and urged Congress to include deregulation of local building and municipal codes to encourage businesses to move to the country's most debilitated urban areas...
Citing the fated Model Cities Program under the Reagan Administration, Haar warned against spreading scarce resources too thin. He also advised the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has until 1991 to decide where to create the EZs, to target those cities whose needs are most pressing...
...added, "In any case, I believe something should be done now to get the wheel rolling in terms of urban improvement, and from that perspective, there does seem to be some bipartisan support...
...peers, has interpreted works ranging from bossa nova to tropicalismo to mainstream pop. Multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, 50, coaxes music out of everything, it seems, from teapots to hubcaps to sewing machines. Singer- songwriters Djavan, 40, and Ivan Lins, 42, are purveyors of easygoing, soulful music in a sophisticated urban style. Djavan, who hails from the northeastern state of Alagoas, began making records in the mid-1970s; his most recent albums have included songs in English. Lins' songwriting is freighted with rich chord changes; like Djavan, Lins is aiming for mainstream crossover appeal abroad. With this in mind, he sings...