Word: landed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...What positive sides are there to talk about, if a peasant is forced to leave the land," we wanted to know...
...Steiner's contempt for respectable America, the land of the free and the bourgeoisie, certainly implies a moral judgment that leads us to ask why Steiner is justified in rejecting those social regulations which transform the chaotic into the orderly, or in condemning those who seem to be more principled and responsible than himself. No matter how often we ask, however, Zane leaves us in a moral haziness, which leads us in turn to suspect that he doesn't know how to solve the moral dilemma he has generated. Perhaps this is because he has known too well these strange...
...That is why the number of farm economies is declining," adds Arthur Thompson. "During the past year alone 1,800,000 farmers left the land...
...vicious circle," says Richard Shipman, throwing up his hands. "The farmers have no money, and to get a loan, the Government requires them to sow less-land. If they sow less land, there is nothing to sell! The only winners are the large plunderers...
...physical commitment of the College to an expansion policy has not been reflected in adequate planning for the future. There is no visible policy of open-market purchase for all free land (one of the reasons for the incredibly expensive venture into acquiring the MTA yards), there has been little recognition until the last few years that "good-will" gestures to the rest of the Cambridge community might be as important to the College as any physical bargaining. Few but the professional planners have recognized the implications of the College's existence in a metropolitan community...