Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thus greeted the four division champions with less than brimming enthusiasm, but at least I could construct some half-reasonable bases for choosing. I would root for the Tigers over the Twins. After all, they play on grass in an urban park. Moreover, this traditionalist remembers the old 8-team leagues with fondness, and tends to favor the survivors. Shades of Ty Cobb, and all that. The National League was even easier. I decided finally to let bygones be bygones. It has been almost 30 years after all--and San Francisco is a swell place. I would finally forgive Horace...
...report to chart the actions of different federal bodies using a variety of dissimilar laws as part of a government-wide trend toward more secrecy. Agencies ranging from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have used legislation as different as the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Export Control Act to restrict the flow of information, the authors...
...past three years alone, the profile of the average jeep owner has undergone a substantial overhaul. According to Chrysler, the premier producer of American jeeps and owner of the Jeep trademark since it bought American Motors Corp. last August, 52% of Jeep purchasers today live in urban or suburban areas, as opposed to 39% in 1984; 60% hold managerial or professional jobs, against 49% three years ago; 60% are college graduates, up from 45%; and they have a median income of $57,000, up from $42,000. "It's a very upscale, young buyer, basically within that spectrum called baby...
...typewriters in their dens. But the advent of personal computers and other advanced technology has vastly expanded the range of occupations that can be successfully pursued in studies or basements. The swelling ranks of stay-at- homers include management consultants, stockbrokers, newsletter publishers, advertising directors, energy engineers, urban planners and graphic designers. The number of home professionals, which now totals 9 million, according to the Manhattan-based Link Resources research firm, has been growing at a rate of more than 15% a year and is expected to hit 13 million by 1990, or 11.4% of the U.S. work force...
...city intended to turn the land over to Emerson for redevelopment under the U.S. Urban Renewal Program, which grants eminient domain...