Word: mooted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Edward L. Bernays and John R. Moot of Cambridge, co-chairmen of the group, issued a statement in which they said: "The Committee believes that such attempts to hoodwink the public with improperganda are a betrayal of the public trust, and it is now exploring ways and means to prevent a repetition of such tactics...
McCann labelled John R. Moot '48, one of the leaders of the Citizens Emergency Committee to Save Memorial Drive, as the source of political friction...
...said that the issue remained dead until October 1963, when the Cambridge Chronicle-Sun carried a letter objecting to the underpasses which, "just by faint coincidence," was written by the campaign manager of Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler, McCann's opponent in the election for state seator. The man was Moot...
Although a spokesman for the Citizens' Emergency Committee to Save Memorial Drive said yesterday that he was "pleased" by the MDC's decision, he promised "a long, hard fight" to block construction of the underpasses. John R. Moot '43 said that the MDC's choice was "esthetically nice" but still "a waste of taxpayers' money." "As long as they don't start building we can keep fighting," Moot said. He added that the citizens' group was still hoping that Secretary of the interior Stewart L. Udall would declare Memorial Drive a national historical site...
Since only 12 votes need to be changed in the House, there is a good chance that the measure may be approved according to John R. Moot '42, one of the leaders of the group...