Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...overestimate its importance, nevertheless gave away the real reason for Russia's peace offensive. None of the defeats Communism had suffered were decisive and all could be nullified in a matter of weeks by Western bungling; but they were enough to impel Communism 1) to seek a breathing space for reorganization and political refueling; 2) to try lulling the Western powers into a false sense of security...
...weren't enough to make any city happy, Boston is now going all out in municipal coddling with a big, snazzy parking area under the Common, and more than ever it seems as though the College is on the wrong side of the Charles. Here, the battle for car space is fierce and unrelenting. Local policemen are tossing off tickets to violators faster than candidates for the Republican nomination utter cliches. But across the river, in what is swiftly becoming paradise on earth, Model Ts will nestle side by side with Cadillacs, in ample space and perfect safety...
Boston's action shines forth as an encouraging example of what can be done in an age when automobiles are getting sleeker, and parking space prospects bleaker. In New York, car lots have arisen on steel legs toward the heavens. Boston, not to be outdone, is going in the opposite direction. Yet Cambridge--and particularly the College--seems to be caught in the middle, getting nowhere, and in its own good time...
...possibilities for going underground for local car space are, however, immense. Boston has its Common; the College has the Yard. While it is difficult to arrive at precise estimates, the amount of time, money, and labor spent on constructing and tearing down the commencement platforms would, spread over a period of years, surely be enough to hollow out a good bit of the Yard. Of course, once the lot is constructed, the expense of hiring watchmen might be prohibitive. Such an area would be shot full of dark corners, and infinitely more dangerous to undergraduate morals than a co-educational...
Daily life, says Professor Giedion, has always been a series of movements set in space. The ancient Greek falsely saw the world as the "immovable center of the cosmos," and his classical temples were expressive of eternal equilibrium. Medieval man saw the world as something set in motion by the hand of God; he found peace in rooms whose lack of furniture ("movables") gave spacious tranquillity to his austere thoughts. His dinner table was set up on a trestle, promptly removed when he had eaten. Since that time, man has come to abhor the vacuum of space: he still talks...