Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Burns' main research interest is in the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian Renaissance architect who designed homes for Italian nobles. His studies and analyses of this man have focused not only on his building structures but also on the social implications of the palaces and villas he designed and constructed...
...These two approaches--concern with the formal aspect of architecture and design and the social twist of that study--have been seen as very distinct, if not diametrically opposed," Burns says. "I think one can't understand the formal solutions and approach unless one understands the social side too. Studying buildings and formal aspects helps you to understand the social, and one shouldn't look at one without the other...
...would undermine both the financial and moral base for the education system. The belief in public education as an important democratic value has persisted because as a nation we recognize the importance of education's role in developing an intelligent and well-informed citizenry. It's part of the social contract that holds this nation together...
...effort to repeal the prevailing wage is simply another attempt to rend the fabric of this social contract; its proponents are not only anti-labor, but anti-community. Organized labor is a valuable and productive component of American society. The prevailing wage is as important to the labor movement as child labor laws, Right-to-Know laws, and the minimum wage...
...delegation, which included city representatives, social workers and church members, brought $12,000 worth of food, clothing and souvenirs to the village...