Word: groupness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last month, Ptashne announced that he had induced sythesis of a protein in a virus by using DNA. The Harvard research group applied the technique developed in the synthesis experiments to their investigation of the genetic role of the two proteins in the phage lambda. "It's all come together in the last several months," Ptashne said...
Last week, though, this system, which must elect a new city council in ten days, was threatened. A new group, calling itself the Concerned Cambridge Citizens (CCC) endorsed a slate of candidates for the office. What it didn't release were position papers or issue stances. We are "dedicated to dynamic government," they said, issuing calls for "intellectual open-mindedness." But they offered no position on rent control, no mention of condominium conversions. "We have no plans to issue a platform," Nancy Goetz, treasure of the CCC said last week...
...story of the CCC actually begins last summer, when, according to Goetz, "a bunch of us got together to talk about Cambridge." The group particular about issues, instead it wanted to "depolarize" the city council. "There at least two sides to all these issues," Goetz reasons, adding that "city councilors aren't even willing to talk to each other." With the hope of getting Cambridge City government out of deadlock, they endorsed a "moderate slate, filled with people willing to talk and talk until they reached fundamental agreement...
...Wylie have since withdrawn), there is no question that if the CCC slate does triumph rent control will be in trouble. The four incumbents for which the CCC will campaign all voted against rent controls and attempts to control condominium conversion, and none of the challengers picked by the group was willing or able to gain the support of the Rent Control Task Force. City council meetings might be more pleasant if the CCC were to succeed, when the votes were counted, but rent control would probably go out the window with a speed belying "moderation...
Another clue to the philosophical makeup of a group which claims to have no philosophy lies in its membership. The CCC, Goetz said in an interview last week, is made up of tenants, small landlords and homeowners." The CCC deeds on record at the Middlesex County Courthouse show, was actually founded and is led by a group of condominium owners. Of the seven original officers and members who registered the group with City Hall September 20, five have purchased condominiums since August...