Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than a century, Corcoran's has provided Harvard Square shoppers with home furnishings and clothing, but as the store cedes its space to Urban Outfitters this month, it will become a haven for plastic dinosaur shoppers and funky clothing consumers...
Taking over Corcoran's former site will be Urban Outfitters of 11 Boylston Street in Harvard Square. The two spaces are connected underground by their basements. The store has been in Harvard Square since 1981 and specializes in clothing and novelties...
...income, then again on the interest that the money earns in the bank. At the same time, the U.S. has historically encouraged borrowing by allowing consumers to deduct the interest they pay on installment debt. "Certainly there was no excuse for allowing this," declares Economist Rudolph Penner of the Urban Institute. That provision, which made it easier for taxpayers to rationalize running up big balances on their credit cards, is being phased out under the 1986 tax-reform...
...most accounts, the government was genuinely shocked by the defeat. Jaruzelski, who had campaigned vigorously for approval, maintained a sullen silence. Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban, by contrast, sought to put the brightest possible face on the vote's outcome. The authorities had "wanted to know the true opinion of the population, an opinion expressed freely," he said, and they professed "satisfaction" with the results...
...jackrabbits and kangaroo rats mark the land. We're told this was once a cow pasture knee high in grass. The owners hunted antelope and quail here, and their steers were taken to market fat. Then we are told, "The city set aside this land 30 years ago for urban development and took the livestock off. It suffers from too much rest. The ecological functioning of water, minerals, plants and animals has been disrupted...