Word: donning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"Yes, yes, he means well, but just can't command anyone's respect these days. Look around here. This part of New York used to be beautiful. We had a canopy over the front door, and a doorman a long time ago, and everyone took care of themselves then. But...
"Now, I'm not prejudiced or anything. I don't pretend to be a son of the American Revolution, because my father came from Italy and my mother from France, but I fought in the First World War. There's a picture of my ship on the wall. Things were...
"Well you don't want the Mayor to do that, do you?"
"I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that it's hard to assimilate all these people that come from places where they don't care about order and sanitation, and the things that are important to New Yorkers."
Most voters were angry; including the man who slammed his door shouting, "I don't vote, I'm a Communist."