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Plot. In a slum area called Easy Street, the police are failing to maintain law and order. The Little Tramp, a down-and-out derelict, is sleeping rough outside the Hope Mission near the streets of a lawless slum. The sounds of a service in progress draws him wearily inside. After the sermon from the preacher, he is entranced by a beautiful ...
NBC. Release. September 13, 1986. ( 1986-09-13) –. April 29, 1987. ( 1987-04-29) Easy Street is an American sitcom television series created by Hugh Wilson and Andy Borowitz, starring Loni Anderson that aired for 22 episodes on NBC from September 13, 1986 to April 29, 1987.
Rugby boys ( Filipino: batang ragbi) are a collective term for gangs of street children found in the Philippines. They are one of the most well-known poverty -afflicted people found in the slums of the Philippines. They are known for using and being addicted to a contact cement known as "Rugby" brand manufactured by Bostik and other aromatic ...
Andres P. Luna, FPIA. The First United Building, formerly known and still commonly referred to as Perez-Samanillo Building, is an Art Deco building on Escolta Street in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. It was designed by Andrés P. Luna, the son of renowned painter Juan Luna, and was the tallest building in Manila when it was completed in 1928.
Income inequality grew during the era of martial law, as the poorest 60 percent of the nation were able to contribute only 22.5 percent of the income in 1980, down from 25.0 percent in 1970. The richest 10 percent, meanwhile, took a larger share of the income at 41.7 percent in 1980, up from 37.1 percent in 1970.
Andres Soriano. Sanggunian (local leader) of the Katipunan chapter in San Juan and first municipal president of San Juan. Not to be mistaken for Spanish-Filipino businessman Andrés Soriano. [ 1] Adriatico Street (Calle Dakota) Malate, Manila. Macario Gonzales Adriatico (1869–1919) [ 2] Filipino writer, patriot and Philippine Assembly delegate.
Escolta Street ( Spanish: Calle de la Escolta is a historic east–west street located in the old downtown district of Binondo in Manila, Philippines. It runs parallel to the Pasig River, from Quintin Paredes Road ( Plaza Moraga) to Plaza Santa Cruz Road ( Plaza Lacson ). The street is home to several fine examples of early skyscraper design in ...
Chinese-owned sari-sari stores that cropped up all over the Philippines were utilized to distribute and supply American and cheap Chinese-made Filipino goods and raw materials with the finished products purposed for the eventual export to the American and other foreign markets overseas.