Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Goods v. Lives. The low "kill-rate," to borrow an unhappy term from the other war, was due in large measure to lessons learned from three years of urban upheaval. Heeding the advice of the Kerner riot-commission report, which warned that "the use of excessive force-even the inappropriate display of weapons-may be inflammatory and lead to worse disorder," lawmen in most cities refrained from gunplay, and magistrates quickly processed those arrested for rioting, setting low bail as the commission suggested. There were few black snipers on the rooftops; on the streets, police and National Guardsmen mostly kept...
...collective impulse to thievery was relieved in some cases by capitalistic opportunism. An English correspondent, cruising the throbbing Washington ghetto, found that his car was low on gas and that there were virtually no filling stations open. Finally, spotting one that was, he asked to have his tank filled. The Negro attendant accepted $4.80 for the gas plus a $2 tip, and when told by the thankful journalist that he would be back soon, replied: "I won't be here. I just saw this station empty and figured I'd make a little money." How much? "About...
Ceremonies held yesterday marked the opening of the first of several low-income housing units planned by the Cambridge Corporation in the Harvard Square area...
Until last December, Polaroid had planned to convert the property at 16-18 Pine Street into parking space. Instead, the area is now the site for a locally run low-income housing project...
David Skinner, vice president of the Polaroid Corporation, said yesterday, "We do anything we can to save neighborhood property. Then we work with the community in deciding what to do with it." In this instance, the community decided to renovate the existing building to provide low-rent housing facilities for two Cambridge families. Mr. Skinner said a lot on Harvard St. is also being turned over to the Cambridge community for redevelopment...