Word: retreat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lindsay refused to retreat from the plan, which was to build 840 units, including three 24-story apartment buildings, on an 8.5-acre site at a cost of about $30 million. The site is a vacant tract near the busy Long Island Expressway. Officials said that some 40% of the new units were to be reserved for the elderly, al though neighbors were not convinced that this promise would be kept. They also feared that they would be inundated by ghetto blacks. Actually, considerable integration seemed likely; nearly half of the original applicants for apartments were from Forest Hills itself...
...stink is more than just nose-wrinkling. It is bad enough to make some people retch in the street. Outdoor parties are canceled, and people retreat to their houses, shutting the windows and turning on the air conditioners...
...that point, what had been good natured razzing turned into militant opposition. The boos increased in both decibel level and ferocity. Fans began throwing spitballs at the truck and its passengers. Perceiving the threat, the truck made a strategic retreat. The fans had shown their power...
...apotheosis of some short-sighted way of looking at the world, and in gleefully and decisively destroying that viewpoint. Arnolphe, though made human and rather sympathetic by Bedford (who is simply too likeable an actor to portray total evil), loses, and deserves to lose; his snivelling retreat while the happy lovers embrace is the high point of the play...
Since the Supreme Court's 1954 desegregation decision, events have zigzagged dramatically, requiring close coverage. Last year our cover on "Retreat from Integration" concentrated on the politics of busing. This week we report the latest installment of the story and evaluate the impact of busing on what happens in the classroom-and in the home...