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Similarly, the votes of six councillors are necessary to make any change in the zoning laws. With four members of the council sensitive to the problems caused by high-profit and haphazard real estate development, there is less chance that the face of the city will be drastically altered by outside entrepreneurs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New Council | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

When a handful of Radcliffe swimmers decided three weeks ago to form the school's first waterpolo team, they knew almost nothing about the game. So naturally when the 'Cliffe team went to Wellesley for its season opener Monday night, the women played a haphazard ballgame and lost...

Author: By Richard H.p.sia, | Title: 'Cliffe Makes Soggy Waterpolo Debut | 10/18/1973 | See Source »

Such measures are far from unrealistic. Citizens seem ready to accept the legal, financial and social consequences of more planning in exchange for less haphazard, wasteful growth. Given that new mood, there is a strong chance that more and more land will be wisely used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Land Use:The Rage for Reform | 10/1/1973 | See Source »

Yorty showed no awareness that people were fed up with growing pollution, traffic congestion and haphazard development. He continued to refer to environmentalists as "kooks." When Bradley proposed a moratorium on highway building and the start of a rapid transit system, Yorty objected that highways "really move a lot of automobiles very efficiently." When Bradley urged a halt to drilling for oil on beaches, Yorty replied: "We ought to do everything we can to develop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Beating the Voter Backlash | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

Women at the meeting suggested as targets for this year's protest the lack of a strong affirmative action program in hiring, haphazard undergraduate recruitment and limited access to Harvard's financial and recruiting resources...

Author: By Nehama Jacobs, | Title: Senior Women, Grad Students Meet To Discuss Protest at Commencement | 6/1/1973 | See Source »

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