Word: ward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Irish-Catholic neighborhood in back of the stock yards on Chicago's South Side. It takes a lot of muscle to run a city like Chicago for over twenty years and that strength comes from a well-oiled patronage machine run by tough-talking, bowler-hatted ward bosses--Daley's own kind...
...sons work for their tuition and upkeep-a time-honored American custom that does wonders to ward off the temptations of hippieism, yippieism and other forms of juvenile parasitism. Mr. Bell should encourage his sons to try it some time. Perhaps if he did, he might not need to switch from one public trough to another...
...plan, developed by County Supervisor Baxter Ward, is unusual for its proposed financing. Initially, a series of massive bond offerings was contemplated, but state officials advised that the sale would glut the market. The plan now calls for a penny increase in the local sales tax, increasing the rate in Los Angeles to 7? on the dollar. That is expected to raise $289 million the first year and $300 million in each succeeding year. In an authoritative voice former Television Newscaster Ward says: "Nobody else is going to pay for mass transit. If we wait for the Federal Government...
...Jobs. Ward's staff figures that the cost to Los Angeles County taxpayers will be only about a dime a day, and that all by itself the project would revitalize heavy construction in the area, creating 30,000 new jobs and cutting the L.A. metropolitan area's 9% unemployment rate by about one percentage point. Ward confesses that he has "no idea what the final cost will run to," but says it does not matter; if inflation escalates the cost of the project, it will also boost the yield from the extra sales...
...corkscrew jumps. With the entrance of Kolia's tutor Beliaev (Anthony Dowell), the sky outside darkens. Ominous chords sound in the orchestra and the curtains flutter - all of which seems to signify more than just a passing storm. Immediately Mama is smitten, as is Vera, her young ward, portrayed by Denise Nunn, whom Ashton plucked from the corps to complete his triangle...