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...made some strides,” Sullivan said of the town-gown relationship, “but sure as heck we have a long...
...accompaniment of a transistor radio. The blend of naturalism and lyricism is established right away: all the appliances are embodied by human beings (a Supremes-style trio, for example, provides the voice of the radio). The anthropomorphic devices don't stop there. The moon appears with an evening gown--bedecked soprano inside. The news of President Kennedy's assassination is announced by a blues-singing city...
...Senators watched in curious silence as Madame Chiang walked down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. They saw a still face with big dark eyes. They saw a slim, straight figure in a black Chinese gown, with here a tiny splash of jade, there a black sequin's understated sparkle. Madame Chiang stepped to the rostrum ... shot a smile at the Senators, and then, after apologizing for not having a set speech, knocked their silvery blocks off ... When she finished, tough guys were melted. 'Goddam it,' said one grizzled Congressman ... Much-moved listeners probably did not stop to analyze what...
...Ward 1 of the Board of Aldermen, the equivalent of the city council, which is comprised almost entirely of undergraduate dorms. Earlier this month, incumbent Alderman Ben Healey, a Yale senior, defeated fellow senior Dan Kruger in one of New Haven’s hardest-fought races. Town-gown relations are contentious, but the Berlin wall between Yale’s campus and surrounding neighborhoods seems finally to be softening...
While the University’s town-gown relations with Cambridge have been generally strained, focusing on issues of re-zoning and new University construction, DeBergalis wants to bridge student-community issues by advocating for later hours for restaurants, more affordable student housing and safer transportation with longer hours—goals that are popular with the city’s college students. An advocate for students could also direct some of the city’s improvements in resident safety towards heavily-student areas of Cambridge. Improving street lighting and traffic patterns would enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety, directly...