Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...your article on the modern design show in Philadelphia [Oct. 24]: Americans do not reject the "form" of modern design. It is the materials that they resist. People want objects that reflect warmth, texture and the patina that develops with use. These qualities are found in wood, not chrome, glass and polyvinyl. As a cabinetmaker, I believe that it is not ornament that is demanded, but natural materials and some evidence that a human hand has touched the piece...
...most closely watched municipal election, W. Wilson Goode won 55% of the vote to become Philadelphia's first black mayor. Four of the nation's six largest cities (Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia) and 15 others with populations over 100,000 will now be led by blacks. Goode, 45, who has a management degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, dresses in Main Line corporate fashion. He is sober to a fault, relying on position papers far more than polemics. Said Goode after his election: "People will see by my actions that I want...
Goode's election was a first only in Philadelphia. Among other black mayoral candidates victorious last week, Richard Hatcher was elected to his fifth term in Gary, Ind., and Thirman Milner to his second in Hartford, Conn...
...Bell companies: Nynex of New York City will cover New York and parts of six New England states; Bell Atlantic of Philadelphia will serve New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia; BellSouth of Atlanta will have customers in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisi ana, Mississippi and Tennessee; Ameritech of Chicago will reach the heartland states of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin; Southwestern Bell of St. Louis will join Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma; U S West of Denver will cover the largest geographical area, 14 states...
...Philadelphia 102, New York...