Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Familiar But Unfamiliar. The two types of cancer involved are called basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas, from the types of skin cells among which they are found. For patients who had widespread forms of either of these cancers, Dermatologist Edmund Klein of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo tried using familiar anticancer chemicals-but he used them in an unfamiliar manner...
...relocate the police stables, riding school and the indoor polo field once used by the elite socialites of National Guard Squadron A, since their former quarters in the 94th Street Armory were torn down to make way for a new junior high school. The obvious answer was Central Park, but New Yorkers have come to regard the park as sacrosanct, have fiercely resisted any infringement, including even the philanthropic offer of Huntington Hartford to build a terraced cafe in one corner. The solution, as proposed by the competition-winning architectural firm of Kelly & Gruzen: bury the facilities underground. Key elements...
Tanks at Any Minute. Both Boston's Mayor Collins and New York's John Lindsay pronounced themselves well-satisfied clients. Lindsay called the Central Park design "inconspicuous and understated," a true triumph for the architecture of repression. But both mayors still have to cope with public reaction...
...looks like a fortress," said the woman who runs the information desk at the Boston library. "I expect tanks to come out of it at any minute." As for the Central Park stables, Richard Harrison, chairman of the ad hoc Save Central Park Committee, called the plan "a disaster." Said he: "Indoor sports facilities don't belong in a park intended for outdoor activities." And at least one disgruntled member of the jury argued that the award was given for "negative" reasons-that is, that the prize went to the design that came closest to being invisible...
...hammer and sickle. He dined at 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Wilson, who welcomed him as "an old friend, a statesman I personally know to be cool and wise in his judgment, warm in his heart." He met with Britain's top capitalists at the Hyde Park Hotel, mingled with the likes of Mod Designer Mary Quant, Actress Mary Ure and the dip set at Lancaster House, and addressed scarlet robed sheriffs and aldermen, ecclesiastics and industrialists at the Guildhall. Ahead in Fashion. Kosygin dined on pheasant laid out on Sèvres china at dinner...