Word: representation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Equalizer. With all the dangers that guns represent, why are Americans so enamored of them? For the man with a feeling of insecurity or inferiority, a pistol in his pocket is the "equalizer," the "difference." For the gang youth, it is a badge of bravery. Ernest Dichter, director of...
SIX years ago, Los Angeles International Airport dedicated new terminal facilities that were supposed to represent the wave of the future. Designed to handle 15 million passengers a year, the seven highly automated "satellite terminals" are already obsolete.
But in a very important way, 1968 is an atypical year. From all indications, Harvard's varsity eight will represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.
After losing to Vesper in 1964, Harvard split its varsity and won the right to represent the U.S. at Tokyo in this class. Harvard won the consolation race among the "four-with," which did not make it to the Tokyo finals.
Both members and non-members point to Urban Planning Aid as the kind of enterprise academic people can engage in outside the auspices of the university. UPA is a firm of consultants founded, as Thernstrom puts it, "on the assumption that one of the reasons poor people get screwed is...