Word: impactions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this promise gave no indication of when these units would be erected, or of what rents would be charged for them. In argeeing to replace only the housing actually destroyed by Harvard, the Corporation is making the wholly untenable assumption that such demolition of units has been the only impact of Harvard on the Cambridge housing market. The Wilson report, which was adopted by the Faculty last week makes clear that Harvard's impact has been far greater than that, and the Corporation should stop pretending that the erection of 179 new units, and a vague promise of further action...
...development of Harvard has had an unacceptably disruptive impact on the surrounding community. By its nature Harvard attracts to Cambridge many individuals and industries. Through the operation of supply and demand, this continuing influx has resulted in a severe housing shortage and a dramatic rise in rents. The University's failure to construct more housing has seriously exacerbated the situation. More importantly, it is also clear that Harvard's expansion policies have caused genuine hardships for the community. The fact that some individuals have benefited from this process in no way relieve Harvard of its obligations toward those...
...University expansion unless all housing destroyed by such expansion is replaced by similar housing at the same cost, and unless the University offsets the impact of such expansion on the overall housing market...
...fault is in their opinion inconceivable. Nor, they add, can anyone predict the time, place or magnitude of the quake with absolute certitude. In fact, one of the quake dates predicted by soothsayers, April 4, passed last week without a tremor. But neither scientific reassurances nor disappointments have much impact on the true believers. When radio stations reported that noted Caltech Seismologist Charles Richter was leaving the state in April, disaster rumors swelled anew-until Richter explained that he was only going away for a few days to attend a scientific meeting...
...N.C.C. is already making an impact far beyond Many Farms. Chippewa Indians from Minnesota have visited the reservation to investigate and are now working to establish a community college of their own. At least eight Pueblo tribes in New Mexico are talking seriously of following the Navaho example...