Word: redesign
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Redesigning Things. The college was originally named for Richard T. Crane, a white manufacturer of plumbing equipment, which prompted Hurst to declare the decrepit school he took over "an educational cesspool." After an eight-month battle with the board of the Chicago City Colleges, Hurst got Crane renamed for Malcolm X, raised the green, red and black flag of black liberation next to the U.S. and Illinois flags, and won the trust of Chicago's black radicals. Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton had been a student the semester before he was killed in a police shootout. This year, Hurst...
...would redesign the society more or less to my own views. I'm in favor of a classless society. The reason is that I regard the problem as essentially one of bureaucracy rather than of capitalism. It's the bureaucratic power we're really involved with, rather than the ultimate power of capitalism...
...recent Federal Water Quality Administration edict against thermal pollution, if strictly enforced, could reduce power production by plants using fossil fuel (oil, coal) and force utility companies to start costly redesign of water-cooling systems...
...does one hold the nation together? We must support leaders prepared to bring about constructive change. We must examine every one of our institutions to see where reform or structural redesign will help them adapt to contemporary needs. We must isolate the small segment of our population who are practitioners of violence and coercion. We must reject leaders who exploit our fear and hatred...
...redesign of government at all levels to create accountable and responsive institutions and processes...