Fiscal, Economic, and Social Crises Confronting American Cities: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session ... January 30, 1992 ... May 13, 14, 1992 ... June 23, 1992 ... September 17, 1992 .... |
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... families and communities to solve their own problems 623 Strategy 2. Work with others to encourage collaboration and coopera- tion 624 ....... Strategy 3. Work from a positive base of success 626 .......... Strategy 4. Promote and ...
... families and communities to solve their own problems 623 Strategy 2. Work with others to encourage collaboration and coopera- tion 624 ....... Strategy 3. Work from a positive base of success 626 .......... Strategy 4. Promote and ...
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... families staying together , the end of neighborhood blight . Achieving these goals will not require new bureaucracies . You don't need to reinvent the wheel . All you need to do is to grease the wheel . Let me give you an example : One ...
... families staying together , the end of neighborhood blight . Achieving these goals will not require new bureaucracies . You don't need to reinvent the wheel . All you need to do is to grease the wheel . Let me give you an example : One ...
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... families in buying their first home should be part of any package we recom- mend . What is the state of our union's cities ? They are hurting . The people who live in our cities and communities are hurting as well . We need to find some ...
... families in buying their first home should be part of any package we recom- mend . What is the state of our union's cities ? They are hurting . The people who live in our cities and communities are hurting as well . We need to find some ...
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... families , reduced crime and drug abuse , improved trade performance , welfare reform , more efficient health care , effective research and development , and a na- tional energy strategy can all contribute to a more robust economy in ...
... families , reduced crime and drug abuse , improved trade performance , welfare reform , more efficient health care , effective research and development , and a na- tional energy strategy can all contribute to a more robust economy in ...
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... families , with regards to creating an urban commission . - I think that the budget proposal , though , is somewhat silent on- simple programs that have been very effective in meeting some of the economic distress in our cities , like ...
... families , with regards to creating an urban commission . - I think that the budget proposal , though , is somewhat silent on- simple programs that have been very effective in meeting some of the economic distress in our cities , like ...
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Page 260 - ... of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is a slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter.