Word: civic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...affluent people. They are gemuetlich. They live in small, unnamed towns (each one has one Post--links um die Ecke--two Hotels--of which one is ein gut buergerliches Haus--and a Bahnhof--geradeaus). Their names are, primarily, Schmidt, Steinhauer, Limberger and Reiff. Their men are proud of various civic monuments; their women are proud of their TVs and VWs; they all gossip an awful lot; none of them ever mentions World...
Belin, a former president of the Cambridge Civic Association, defeated Mrs. Wheeler (also CCA endorsed) in the Harvard Sq.- Brattle St. area. Belin's victory keeps at four the number of CCA candidates on the nine-man council...
Upset victories have been virtually assured for G. d'Andelot Belin (2385 votes last night) and Daniel J. Hayes, Jr. 2623 votes). Both Belin, a leading supporter of the Cambridge Civic Association, and Hayes are seeking their first term on the Council...
Your article in TIME [Oct. 27] regarding the decadence of Detroit brought many of our ancient civic bodies up rattling their bones in anger...
...Dullness. What have the planners put in its place? Low-income projects that "become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general hopelessness than the slums''; middle-income housing projects that are "truly marvels of dullness and regimentation"; cultural centers that are "unable to support a good bookstore"; civic centers "that are avoided by everyone but bums"; promenades "that go from no place to nowhere and have no promenaders...