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Scott must retire by March 31, when he turns 65. Reardon said the current chief wants City Manager Robert W. Healy to name his successor "as soon as possible," so that the new chief can ease into the job in a transitional period...
...current proposal was negotiated this summer, when Cambridge signed a memorandum agreeing to abide by the freeze until it could pass a more long-term ordinance...
...result, the portion of household income devoted to debt payments is roughly the same today, at 13.6%, as it was in 1970, at 13.5%. At the same time, many householders still have a cushion of equity in their homes that was built up in the 1980s, despite the current decline in real estate values in some regions of the U.S. Those factors have kept loan delinquencies and mortgage foreclosures from increasing much in the past two years...
...tragic end. John spent his last years caricaturing himself in films. Lionel was ignored by the studio he helped build. In 1954, when he was terminally ill, his unused dressing room came to the attention of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. "There was a shortage: James Cagney needed quarters for his current film. Consent to dismantle Lionel's suite, store his belongings and reassign the bungalow was granted in a memo of November 15." Lionel died that evening. Peters notes dryly, "MGM couldn't even wait for its most durable star to stop breathing." In old age Ethel lived in reduced circumstances...
...banners to block the lights. Aida Mancillas, a university language professor who is protesting the headlight rally, believes uneasiness about the economy and San Diego's expanding minority population fuels the demonstrations. The percentage of whites in San Diego County is expected to decline during the '90s from its current 74% to 60%, while that of Hispanics will rise from 14% to 23%. "Borders are breaking down everywhere, and it's frightening," says Mancillas. "There is a general concern that the economic standing of whites is slipping, and so the undocumented worker becomes a target of their fears." Before long...