Word: blockful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Refusing to Answer. Last week's attack was a good indication of the growing strength of the movement to block the confirmation of Fortas and Homer Thornberry, Lyndon Johnson's nominee for Associate Justice. Though the hear ings ended after nine days, more than a score of Senators made it plain that they plan a filibuster when Congress returns after the conventions. Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, leader of the anti-Fortas bloc, claimed that he already had more than enough votes to keep a filibuster going indefinitely...
...pleases none-least of all the flamboyant, aggressive mayor. Sam Yorty. He complains that he has insufficient power to manage his urban empire; His critics, who are growing in number, reply that Sam has misused the very real power he has-and they are banding together to block his reelection next spring...
...their elegance and cuisine are written on the walls. "Under the revolutionary offensive, this establishment belongs to the people," reads a sign in a once privately owned shop. Loudspeakers shatter the soft night air, calling the faithful to a "solidarity with North Viet Nam" rally, while just a block away at Monseigneur Restaurant (steak: $15), harassed waiters try to evoke the old days by wrapping label-less bottles of beer in napkins. Transportation is largely by bus. Gasoline rationing has virtually emptied the streets of cars, except those rusting at curbside, idle and unusable...
...second largest industry (food production is first). It has accounted for about 10% of the gross national product, created new structures valued at $1 trillion?and that's a 13-figure number. In the past decade, Houston, for instance, has packed 17 major new structures into a 20-square-block area. Los Angeles has overcome its earthquake fears and built 107 high-rise office buildings. Denver has put up one new office building per year, while Manhattan boasts no fewer than 135 new office structures...
...Manhattan: designed by Minoru Yamasaki of Birmingham, Mich., its 110-story aluminum-sheathed twin towers will top the Empire State Building, since 1932 the world's tallest. The steady, disciplined hand of German-born Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 82, soon will show in Washington's pristine, block-long central library. For Oakland, Calif., New Haven-based Kevin Roche has designed a three-tier museum, with the roof of each tier serving as a broad, verdant terrace. Philadelphia's innovative Louis Kahn, whom all architects watch with what amounts to fascination, has such projects under way as a factory...