Word: suburbanitis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the poll finds little variation in the political opinions of students from different regions of the country. The only variable which seemed to make a difference was whether or not the student being polled came from a large city (over 500,000 inhabitants) or from a rural or suburban area. Those from the cities tended to be more radical...
...particular lifestyle. At the moment, 21,735 students are crowded onto Buffalo's old 178-acre campus, and enrollment is expected to reach 41,000 within six years. That is no problem. S.U.N.Y. is about to build an entirely new 1,200-acre campus for Buffalo in suburban Amherst. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with preliminary plans including a mile-long central building, the project will cost about $600 million...
...mercury plunged as low as -20 in suburban areas last night. Some letup is forecast for today, but more snow is expected Wednesday...
...sports palaces, the real winners at games in the future will be the folks in the stands. Spectators can figure on walking shorter distances, sitting in living-room comfort and enjoying a better view of the action than ever before. Latest proof is the 19,000-seat Forum in suburban Inglewood, Calif., ten miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. The $16.5 million Forum is the brainchild of Millionaire Sportsman Jack Kent Cooke, 55, who decided to put up a new home for his Los Angeles Lakers pro basketball team and his new Los Angeles Kings hockey team. In fact, Cooke...
...panel envisioned suburban-like school districts within the city, each with its own superintendent and a policy-setting board that would have full power to hire and fire personnel, design the curriculum and spend centrally allotted funds. The plan has been approved by Mayor John Lindsay, and will be debated in the next session of the New York legislature, which must change existing state laws if it is to go into effect...