Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heating assistance funding. "We are not ready for winter and never will be," says Charles Raymond, who in November left his 18-month post as manager of the most dilapidated structures in New York City, the 4,100 apartment houses run by city hall because owners were forced to abandon them for nonpayment of real estate taxes. Raymond's crews have partly weatherized every one of the structures. But, says Raymond, "there are just too many buildings out there," and more are abandoned by landlords every week?of- ten, the owners claim, because regulations do not allow rent hikes high...
...Building Department Director Nick Fera, "is that we can haul a landlord into court within 24 hours." That may not deter a landlord whose fuel bill exceeds income from his building. "In such cases," says William Moses, chairman of a New York landlords' association, "owners are forced to abandon. That means a pretty grim winter...
...Shah believes that Huyser's mission was to "neutralize the Iranian army" when demonstrations turned violent. Encouraged by Huyser and U.S. Ambassador William Sullivan, the Shah went into exile. "General Huyser remained in Iran for several days after my departure. Having arranged for the generals to abandon Dr. Shahpour Bakhtiar, head of the coalition government formed to see the country through its hour of crisis, all that remained for the fulfillment of his mission was the decapitation of Iran's army...
...explains that the phrase was directed only at Mormon culture in general. A fifth-generation Latter-day Saint, she intends to appeal Willis' punishment to higher church authorities. But, she said, "the church has given me a lot of joy in my life. You don't abandon a good friend just because he does something unethical." As for the ERA, she will go on fighting...
...performance the band seems to play possessed. The music itself is animated by excess, insists on, and receives, a response in kind. Who audiences are some of the most fiercely loyal, and some of the wildest, in rock. Abandon is the aim, and to reach that The Who acts in concert with the audience; "They bring you alive," as John Entwistle, the bass player, puts it. The excess they want, group and fans together, is a release, an explosive culmination of energy, a detonation of good will and great music. "Rock's always been demanding," says Pete Townshend, who writes...