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...last issue of The Crimson incorrectly characterized the position of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA). The CCA is an advocate of rent control...
Even in those days, when Atlanta's stature was based on the access it afforded to places like Valdosta and Meridian and Demopolis, it had what you might call international aspirations. When I was in the company of civic boosters, they would begin by telling me about how many FORTUNE 500 companies were represented in the city and how much higher in altitude and more westerly in longitude it was than anyone might have imagined -- anyone, they must have meant, who had never met an Atlanta booster. Then, if there was a lull in the conversation, they would sometimes...
Lipsig gets very serious about the civic virtues of liability suits. "But for lawsuits brought by personal-injury lawyers, the Ford Motor Co. would still be making defective Pintos, which burst into flames when struck from behind." He describes the firm he founded 62 years ago, which has now become Lipsig, Sullivan & Liapakis, in terms that would make the Lone Ranger blush: "Champion of the weak, defender of the poor, the equalizer in the arena of litigation...
...last week's deadline for filing briefs, an agglomeration of political, legal and scholarly petitioners had urged the court to leave the 1976 ruling in force. One brief came from 112 civil rights, religious and civic organizations. They were seconded by the attorneys general of 47 states. A congressional brief, bearing the names of 66 Senators (including 19 Republicans) and 118 House members (including five Republicans), also opposed reconsideration because of an "institutional interest in the stability of statutory precedents." One of the few institutions remaining silent: the Justice Department...
Smith's house is relatively comfortable, a book-filled two-story cottage under a geodesic dome. Smith serves not only as pastor but also as school principal, ombudsman and civic planner. How, he prods a meeting of neighborhood residents, can we get more water pipes extended into the houses? When he walks his rounds through the back streets of Mamelodi, youngsters playing soccer call out the one word that is both recognition and greeting: "Smith! Smith...