Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that goes beyond PR. This is the question of local political control. The politicians are tired of lifeless, colorless, paper schemes of government. They're tired of putting a rubber stamp on a housing development plan drawn up by some federal expert. They're even tired of the non-partisan efficiency of a city manager...
...though partisan spirit may be the madness of many for the gain of the few, the political memory of the typical voter is notoriously short...
...partisan election, however, was terribly disappointing to the Plan E group; only four of its endorsees were successful, leaving Council control with the five ostensibly hostile "independents." Since Cambridge was the first city in the state to try Plan E government, there were no procedents to point to in the event of early setbacks...
...only 'Christian' way, and therefore most deserving of the support of the church"-whereas the literature of the council "has sometimes been definitely slanted in the direction of a particular political or economic program." In lobbying, if ever, the council "should not take a partisan position on matters on which the churches are not substantially united...
Villiers may be a partisan of sail, but he is no salt-sprayed sentimentalist. Sailing men may have loved their ships and their calling, but "it was first and foremost a source of employment, a means of livelihood. [The sailor] hated the sea as a savage enemy." Says Author Villiers tartly: "It is landsmen who speak of 'the call of the sea.' " The pay was wretched and the food was often worse. When steam brought hard times, many owners made up crews of teen-age boys who paid for the experience. One such crew of youngsters...