1.   But largely they were flop houses for drunks, and the land became a dumping ground for rubbish.

2.   Chase expanded detoxification centers for the homeless and replaced privately run flop houses with city shelters.

3.   Cozy motels once packed with family station wagons became crack dens and flop houses.

4.   For good measure, she proclaimed that flop houses had more dignity than Straya.

5.   The place is now only slightly better than a flop house.

6.   We do know that Clinton turned the White House into a hot-bed flop house as he rotated campaign contributors in and out of the Lincoln bedroom.

7.   The flop house, across a small side street, also is to become part of the museum.