Word: atempting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tissue of things. Some desire to associate with the larger people at the Club 47; others follow along. It is not Harvard that sucks them in. They seldom traipse into the Yard, never go below Mt. Auburn Street. As they do not aspire to the College they do not atempt to understand or revere it. The physicality of Harvard Square is to their taste, the flood of objects, people, shoes in store windows, neon signs half put out and grimy behind the light, candy boxes wrapped in shiny green and sculptured, candied loaves piled on display. Through all and over...
...conversion atempt, alas, was deflected and the half ended...
Rodwin also criticized federal action in this field. He emphasized that the bulk of federal housing aid helps middle income families who are moving to the suburbs. "The Federal government has no urban housing policy. There is no systematic atempt to deal with the problems of the city as a whole," he asserted...