Word: moving
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the Algerians are interested in better relations with us." That comment and other information on Africa prompts a later call to Vice President Mondale. With an edge of irritation in his voice, Carter says, "I want you to tell Cy [Vance] and Zbig that I want them to move in every possible way to get Somalia to be our friend." The President mentions other African countries to which he would like to direct new initiatives. "We're just sitting around," he tells Mondale. "I've told Cy that before...
...riding a 20-game winning streak. The team was hurt by graduation, but you have to remember that since 1969, while the great players have come and gone, Cornell has gone 45-1 in the Ivy League, winning six of the last seven titles. The latest great to move on is National Player of the Year Mike French (65-40-105), who led the nation in scoring each of his three years at Cornell, setting a new NCAA record each time. Also picking up a sheepskin was the less heralded but equally deadly Jon Levine (48-16-64), along with...
...over lunch and the "beautiful people" stock their wicker baskets. The remainder of the clientele are tourists from the suburbs making a journey into the city to sample the fruits of the "market." At the same time that it hastens the deterioration of the North End as young professionals move in, renovate, and change the Italian working-class character of the community, Quincy Market infects itself with its own success. Its enchanting facade hides a precarious vitality for the real dynamism of a community. Quincy Market becomes the newest synthetic expression of a society lacking a real cultural fabric...
...Urban Development in coordination with the BRA sponsors programs to provide federally guaranteed low-interest mortgages for housing stock renovation. Unfortunately, these efforts have proven largely unsuccessful because such a large amount of capital is needed for adequate renovation that only upper middle class "pioneers" can afford to move in. As they do so, land values rise and remnants of the old community are driven out like squatters...
...capitalism, the story remains the same: a "What's in it for me?" mentality greets Mother Kuster's futile search for solace and love. A suffocating cynicism permeates almost the entire film, yet it ends on an incongruous note of optimism that leaves one mystifies. An eminently forgettable move...