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...urban renewal money, $15 million, will be used to buy the land in Kendall Square, demolish the present buildings, improve the area's utilities, and make general improvement--all in preparation for the NASA complex...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: Cambridge Okays Renewal Plan; Businessmen Fail to Block Action | 10/9/1964 | See Source »

...conservative is where he is today--not only in certain segments of the Republican party, but also in parts of the Democratic party--because he works hard. Those who dislike the conservative and his credo must work even harder if they are to demolish his power

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: The Conservatives In Wisconsin: Dedication Not To Be Dismissed | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

...Lewthwaite (4), after a close 17-15 victory in the first game, had barreled over Yale's Jim Brow in the second, 15-10. Unfortunately Brow was unable to accept the prospect of losing to a Harvardman and proceeded to demolish his Crimson opponent...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: SQUASH | 3/3/1964 | See Source »

...onslaught of the discounters began to demolish U.S. Fair Trade laws in 1958. France outlawed price fixing ten years ago, and in Italy there are as many prices for most items as there are stores selling them. Only three diehards in Western Europe still have Fair Trade laws-Switzerland, The Netherlands and Great Britain. Last week the death knell of Fair Trade sounded in Britain, giving British consumers the liveliest field day they have enjoyed in decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Politics & Prices | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

...Foreign Office is bastard Byzantine; inside it is a stately slum. A grimy, drafty pile of Victorian granite opposite 10 Downing Street, it has been likened to a provincial Italian museum, a stranded gunboat, a monument to Muddling Through. Yet when the government announced plans last month to demolish the building, traditionalists reacted as if Eton were being nationalized. "Magnificently British!" harrumphed Lord Harrowby. "Representative of our greatest period!" snapped Lord Salisbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: A Whitehall Elephant | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

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