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Lindsay, then, has come from an apparent long shot in June to become a favorite at the end of October. If he wins, it will probably not surprise too many Americans casually versed in politics. Why, after all, should the country's largest metropolis trade in its Rolls Royce of a mayor for a back-model Chevrolet? John Lindsay's national reputation alone would be a formidable asset in any other city. Add his good looks and an opposition party torn to ribbons, and it seems fair to venture Lindsay could win a walloping victory at the polls...
...shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us," observed Winston Churchill. The crisis in housing is beginning to warp American life. Housing is by far the largest expense for most families; when that cost soars, something else in the budget has to give. Most of the 40 million U.S. residents who move each year must now make difficult compromises: they must pay higher prices than they had budgeted, or accept less living space, longer commuting or lower school standards. The problem affects almost everybody-the rich in luxury apartments, the middle class in suburban subdivisions, the poor in festering slums...
Because of soaring operating costs, 55 of the 85 largest public housing authorities in the U.S. face a financial crisis. Instead of raising rents, the authorities have been neglecting maintenance; now Congress is considering a bill to increase federal subsidies. Over the past three decades, the Federal Government has put more than $7 billion into housing subsidies and urban renewal. Still, one-sixth of the U.S. population lives in overcrowded or substandard housing...
...Cambridge-based Armenian organization launched a five-year subscription campaign in 1955 that raised about $380,000 for the new fund at Harvard. Over 1500 separate donations were solicited throughout the United States, with contributions ranging from $1 to $70,000. The largest donation came from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal, established by a famous oil tycoon, nicknamed "Mr. Five Per Cent...
...Center want to do to it. they could also do to the rest of the university. Any argument used to attack the CFIA or any of its programs can be used to attack a host of other university programs, including many of the Departments, and especially those of largest enrollment-Government, History, Social Relations, and Economics. This is obviously true of the test of having the right politics, which some attackers want to apply to the CFIA and beyond. But even if the attackers were to succeed in applying a political test throughout the university, their victory would...