We grew up in a working-class neighborhood outside of Los Angeles in the shadows of polluted landfills and toxic dumps.

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Then came a 1999 class action brought in Los Angeles by Martin Marootian, 85, whose uncle was a policyholder killed in 1915.

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Yesterday, I talked to Dan Neil, the former Los Angeles Times columnist who is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against Tribune chairman Sam Zell.

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"With Bob, Annette, and Tom's leadership, our dream of finally opening a world-class film museum in Los Angeles will become a reality, " Sherak said, in December.

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Esther Peterson, the top-ranking woman in the Kennedy administration, asked an auditorium full of working-class high school girls in Los Angeles how many expected to have a "home and kids and a family, " and the room was full of waving hands.

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Nashville still has nearly three times as many music businesses as Los Angeles, but the establishment of a new creative class that includes non-country stars like Jack White and the Black Keys, as well as an improving local economy, has spurred demand for upscale dining options, one-of-a-kind shopping and buzzy cultural venues.

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He also sent a video interview with Tarla Makaeff, one of the plaintiffs in the class action suit, taken in August 2008 in Los Angeles after a Trump U seminar, in which she praises the program.

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The program brings students together once a month, supported by a virtual learning platform, and has meant that students in the first class include a VP from the Walt Disney Company, who makes the monthly commute from Los Angeles.

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For urban areas like New York or Los Angeles, there will be a unique--perhaps once in a generation--chance to induce middle-class people to settle down in big-city homes or condominiums.

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