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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wore blinders," says Jones, who in 1989 took a sabbatical from his post as a professor of urban affairs at MIT to teach at the Morehouse College, a historically Black university. "It's only now that I've taken the blinders...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison and Melissa Lee, S | Title: Black Student Life at Harvard | 2/25/1993 | See Source »

...little praise for former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp's policies...

Author: By Margaret C. Boyer, | Title: Waters Speaks on Los Angeles | 2/23/1993 | See Source »

Unfortunately for St. John's Church and others like it which have similarly conceded to the sad realities of urban life, the only recourse is to lie down--or shut down. St. John's has already hired a security guard whose salary doubles that of Father Gaspare...

Author: By Joseph A. Acevedo, | Title: The City's Worst Sacrilege | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

...Boston Housing Authority is considering whether to ask the Department of Housing and Urban Development for $50 million to renovate the Mission Hill housing development, a neighbor of the Medical School...

Author: By Uzma Ahmad, | Title: Mission Hill May Get $50M for Renovation | 2/17/1993 | See Source »

MODERN MEDICINE CAN PREVENT A HOST OF CHILDhood diseases -- but not if kids don't get their shots. Only half of Americans age 2 and under are given the recommended vaccinations against measles, whooping cough and other diseases. In poor urban neighborhoods, the level is an appalling 10%. To deal with that tragedy, the Clinton Administration is looking at several proposals, including * a plan for the Federal Government to spend as much as $700 million to buy enough of various vaccines to give all children free shots. Currently, the required vaccinations for one child cost more than $250 -- up from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shots on The House | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

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