Word: razed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press gave Jonestown attention without recognizing its American significance. Why? Because the American people have little sense of their history--it is short and we are a people oriented to the future. We raze architectural treasures for tomorrow's parking lot. Unlike the European, who has an instinctive feel for tradition and the forces of his history, we have little sense of how the past can relate to things of the present...
...churches and universities will put in investment funds. Construction companies will erect buildings; transport companies will bid for mass transit; energy, environmental control and waste recycling firms will all have roles, and much of the work will be parceled out to small business. The object is not only to raze and remake scabrous neighborhoods, but also to create private jobs, help small entrepreneurs and, not incidentally, to make money...
...programs would work better if private business had a bigger voice in designing and managing them. Perhaps businessmen, who as a class are effective at solving problems and getting things done, could bid on projects to raze and rebuild sections of the underclass ghettos, providing shops, industries and services on a model?and ultimately profitmaking?basis. Business could also take over much of the job training now carried out in government centers under federal programs and probably do it better and cheaper and even profitably. Tax incentives, for example, could be designed to reward employers who hire the long-term...
...novel, Scott plays the antics of his couple and their anomalous place in Indian society for laughs. The only threat to their continued self-imposed exile also seems comic. Mrs. Bhoolabhoy, the fat and temperamental hotel owner, is trying to evict the Smalleys so that she can raze the old building. With the timid and ineffectual...
...intends to use the money gathered from the ball, along with other funds raised in the drive, to expand. The museum is in the process of acquiring Allston Burr Hall and the two houses adjacent to it on Cambridge St. from the University, sources say. The Fogg plans to raze these buildings and erect a new complex on the site, thus gaining badly needed exhibition and library space. The ball, it is estimated, will contribute some $10,000 towards this goal...