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Speaking before a group of 30 students at Phillips Brooks House, Worthy talked about his 1969 fight against a New York hospital that planned to tear down the apartment building where he lived in orde to build a parking lot. Worthy described his methods for organizing the neighborhood residents and...
WHEN COMMUNITY RESIDENTS oppose a large institution whose expansion threatens their homes or businesses, the people must "fight rough, fight tough and fight for keeps, "William Worthy, author of "The Rape of Our Neighborhoods, "said last night.
Worthy said hospital officials tried to force the tenants out of the building by turning off their heat and allowing a large German shepherd to wander in the hallways. Calling such actions "institutional imperialism," he said more people should organize and fight in similar situations
Yes, other Presidents wiretapped for personal purposes, misused the IRS, CIA and FBI, lied to the American people, employed dirty campaign tricks against their opponents-as has been fully reported in the press. Nixon, uniquely, did all of those things-and more. He also cheated massively on his income tax...
It was a turnout worthy of champions -some 5,000 boisterous fans waiting for hours at New York City's Kennedy Airport for the triumphant return of their team and their hero. Was it for the first-place Yankees that the crowd had gathered? The football Giants or Jets...