Word: clevelandism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Toronto 9-7, Cleveland...
Even without help from the tax law, dozens of doomed theaters have been saved by their communities. The largest restoration under way is in Cleveland, where three old treasures-the Palace, the State and the Ohio-are being refurbished as an entertainment complex that is an integral part of a downtown renewal plan. The Palace lobby, biggest in the U.S., has already been converted to a chic restaurant seating...
...hotel across the street from Cleveland's oldest and most prestigious businessman's club, the Citizens' Party Founding Convention last month launched a political movement aimed at eliminating the economic inequality they see symbolized by that club...
Delegates at Cleveland represented a wide cross-section of backgrounds and motives for being there, including left-leaning democrats, new-left radicals from the 1960's (Mario Savio, founder of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley--the group which kicked off student protests in the '60's--was there, with graying hair and beard), radical teminists, American Indians, gays, and Gray Panthers...
Commoner (and the great majority of the party members at Cleveland) favor some degree of social control over the means of production. He cites the words of a businessman speaking about the steel industry (which most likely will be unable to meet domestic demand by 1985) that you just can't expect a corporation to produce something just because the country needs it--as a rationale for social governance...