Word: denser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other hand, Geraldine Fitzgerald gives a far denser reality to the role of the morphine-addicted wife than Florence Eldridge did. Eldridge seemed more absent-minded and scatterbrained than deeply disturbed and confused. Fitzgerald is the shy convent girl, the impish coquette and the victim of the lonely despair of a thousand one-night stands spent in second-rate hotels. She blends these elements into a consummately poignant portrait of a woman for whom drugs are the only surcease from sorrow. She, rather than the father, seems to dominate the play...
Indirect Costs. Another argument met the developers head on. Do skyscrapers really benefit a city? No one denies that big buildings provide big tax revenues. Even so, recent studies show that as a city grows denser, the per capita costs of all municipal services, including administration, soar. In addition, Manufacturer Duskin contends, towers built in San Francisco since 1965 have had another city-blighting effect. They create new office jobs-but for the wrong people. He quotes a report revealing that jobs held by commuters have gone up by 23%, while jobs for city dwellers have increased by only...
...campus building has slackened because of tight money, the colleges show no signs of canceling their huge construction programs-or their innovative plans. Architects now talk confidently of building with mass-produced, clip-together parts and of the speedy evolution of megastructures that stretch literally for miles. They anticipate denser, more crowded campuses, hence are stressing the fine points of siting their buildings to make the most of an ever decreasing amount of open space. The colleges, in other words, are exploring and perhaps determining the future direction of American architecture...