Word: tending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also a passion for antiques and a new concern for the preservation of monuments and landmarks from the bulldozer-including, it is hoped, Manhattan's splendid old Metropolitan Opera House, which last week saw its last regular performance amid a flood of nostalgia and champagne. Many younger communities tend to adopt the social traditions of the older centers; qualified Los Angelenos frequently refer to themselves as "fourth" or "fifth" generation Californians in their social announcements. Sometimes this leads to an attempt at creating instant age; at ceremonies marking the opening of its original library building, U.C.L.A. authorities issued...
Part of his opposition seems to be a built-in defense mechanism. Jim Hill saw the proposed orgy as a "foot-in-the-door" threat, and feared future administrations would weaken farther until rock was at WHRB to stay. "College stations with a high percentage of rock-tend to be very amateurish," he say with distaste. Amateurish is nothing WHRB wants to be. "I like it [rock]," he says, "but rock on FM would be a travesty. It would bring us new personalities and new talent--if we could fit it in with our image...
...closer to them than most people think). Sixties Liberals have worked uneasily with Romney, but the Fifties Liberals have not been able to adjust successfully to the Romney appeal. They have a hard time realizing that state elections are no longer automatically theirs, and that their tactics (which they tend to confuse with principles) failed to win the governorship...
...outcome of the Democratic primary in August is harder to predict. Cavanagh is counting on edges among Negro voters (his excellent civil rights record being more recent this Williams's), young voters (who tend to associate Williams with the bitter recession years and Cavanagh with prosperity), and Republican crossovers (there are no major Republican primary contests'. Williams has the backing of the Democratic organization and of most labor unions, including the state AFL-CIO. Odds currently favor Williams, but the result probably depends on which groups of voters turn out in greater numbers...
...remotely afford. Manhattan's Tenth International, which opened last week, is no exception. With Detroit in the middle of its 1966 Model Year, the U.S. industry had whipped up futuristic show models as crowd catchers, but as in previous years, the honors go to foreign imports, which tend to be fast, sporty and expensive...