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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When something called the Browne Commission was created to distribute the money, a group of architects produced a plan for a Curley Mall along the Freedom Trail, which included benches for footsore travelers bound for such historic sites as Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House and the Old North Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Boston: Confronting a Curley $65,000 Question | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

LoGiudice refused to pay. The city sent another bill and a warning. LoGiudice complained to the press. The press cried out. The spirit of George Washington was invoked. The parks commission backed down. It said it would waive payment, but it insisted that its rules were good ones. Said Mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Life's No Bowl of Cherries | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Jeffrey Binder, general counsel of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), said Tuesday, "I guess it is discrimination, but the [public accommodations] statutes don't cover discrimination on the basis of which college you go to." He said that for this reason the MCAD does not have jurisdiction over the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Club Max to Admit H-R Students Free | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

This year is officially (according to United Nations decree) the International Year of the Child (IYC). The only visible American commemoration so far this year has been typically mercenary: the Postal Service last month issued a stamp to honor the event (and to rake in loads of dough from stamp...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: The Children's Crusade | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

Bourne was succeeded by Mrs. Andrew Young at the height of her husband's unpopularity. The Senate passed, then repealed, and then passed again a resolution to appropriate a minimal amount of funds for the commission's operating expenses. The House never passed such a resolution, because the lobbyists of...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: The Children's Crusade | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

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