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It's not easy being Green(field); it's a great school, it's integrated, and it's under siege

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The Albert M. Greenfield School, chartered by the Office of Desegregation, is Philadelphia's most desired public elementary school. Applicants from outside the school's neighborhood are accepted under racial quotas. Since much fewer whites apply, black parents believe the school is discriminatory.

Author: Cohen, Mark
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1995
Management, Schools, Public schools, Race relations, School integration

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Captain courageous

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Don Cohan is one of the most interesting citizens of Philadelphia, PA. He is a millionaire real estate developer who also doubles as a sailboat racer. He has undergone chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and is being treated for a tumor growing in his head.

Author: Cohen, Mark
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1995
Biography, Personalities, Olympic athletes, Sailors, Cohan, Don

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Mr. Center City

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Ronald Rubin is considered one of the relationship-oriented developers. He is still doing business with the clients he had 40 years ago. He has great appreciation for his father, Richard Rubin, who introduced him to the real estate business.

Author: Cohen, Mark
Publisher: Philadelphia Magazine
Publication Name: Philadelphia Magazine
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0031-7233
Year: 1997
Rubin, Ronald

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Subjects list: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Real estate developers, Behavior
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