Word: groupings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last September, several city activists formed Cambridge Citizens for Liveable Neighborhoods (CCLN), an umbrella group seeking to limit development in residential areas. CCLN members say that until their organization got started, the numerous other associations trying to protect city neighborhoods were often working at cross purposes...
Former City Manager James L. Sullivan is fond of saying that, in Cambridge, there are 15 sides to every issue--with a community group to represent each...
CCLN's stated purpose is to prevent overdevelopment by uniting neighborhood groups and urging the City Council to adopt downzoning measures. So far, the group has focused on aiding opponents of a 1530-car parking garage being built on Binney...
...Japanese, unlike most Westerners, are not squeamish about discussing toilet habits. Professor Hideo Nishioka, chairman of the 100-member Japan Toilet Association, a private study group, has calculated that Japanese men spend an average of 31.7 seconds in the john compared with 1 minute 33 seconds for women. As if that were not evidence enough of the country's efficiency, Professor Nishioka has another statistic that illustrates Japanese competitiveness: every day, Japan uses enough toilet paper to circle the earth tenfold...
...attempt to mollify the 98% of the populace that earns less than members of Congress do now, the House will also vote to ban honorariums -- fees for speaking, or just showing up, at special-interest-group functions. Wright noted that since, under current rules, members are allowed to keep up to $26,000 a year in honorariums, "they'll come out about the same in income" with the 30% raise. But few House members earn the maximum in honorariums, so most will be better off. The House bill will also cut back salary increases for Executive-department officials and judges...