Word: scalese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Short Shrift. Urban needs have historically been given short shrift in state capitals and in Washington, largely because legislators are elected from districts based on the farm-heavy population ratios of 40 years ago. Reapportionment of state and congressional election districts has already begun to help balance the scales for...
The Worst Hours. If there is ever a time when Rubinstein is not his gregarious, fun-loving self, it is in the hours before a concert. If he arrives early, he likes to watch television (he knows the plots of all the soap operas) or go to the movies?any...
His father Ferdinando was a village Vivaldi who blew a mean clarinet- and all the cash he could get his hands on. He had improvidently wed a gifted but relatively impecunious pianist who promptly presented him with a son. At three, Ferruccio was playing scales. At six, he was forced...
Addison Fording, the current chief, earned an engineering B.S. at Cal before coming up through the ranks himself. He now requires every Berkeley recruit to have at least two years of college, an extensive psychiatric examination before joining, and an average of 260 hours in classes during his first year...
On the Council floor, another issue emerged: Curry had kept the tax rate relativly low, and last year actually cut it by $0.60 (from $72.60 to $72). The Curry supporters pounded this accomplishment in session after session, but the majority felt--although they rarely said so in public--that the...