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...thoroughly Democratic city, Cambridge traditionally splits between the "independents" --of local lineage and time-honored political methods--and members of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), a self-described "good-government" organization whose main concern is the preservation of Cambridge's rent control laws...
...ownership and the rebirth of Junius Street are the work of the Nehemiah Project, the largest of the community-based private housing groups that are springing up around the country to answer the enormous need for low-cost shelter. From Boston and Chicago to San Francisco, nonprofit development corporations, civic-minded church groups, foundations and companies have stepped into the vacuum left by the Federal Government's withdrawal from large-scale public housing construction...
...trip is being funded by several civic and religious organizations. The members of the group are expected back this weekend, and they hope to publish a preliminary report on their research in six months, Goldberg said...
While the nicknames of many older pro football teams enshrine civic boosterism (Packers, Steelers, Oilers), newer names include most of the violent ones. The United States Football League produced the Invaders, Maulers, Gamblers, Gunslingers and Outlaws. As one irritated analyst put it, this group "sounds like the roster from a Hell's Angels' convention...
...trend is to name teams for malevolent forces, such as the Blast, Sting, Blizzard and Blitz. Three team names celebrate disasters that destroyed much of their native locale: the Golden Bay Earthquakes, Chicago Fire and Atlanta (now Calgary) Flames. Such a breakthrough in reverse civic pride may yet induce other cities to celebrate their local disasters. Just think. The Boston Stranglers, the New York Muggers, the Washington Scams, the Los Angeles Smog...