Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leighton yesterday termed the problem "more complicated than most people think. Right now the attendance is up to the individual instructor--he can do anything he wants, but it can be very difficult to have any kind of regulation in a big upper class course...
Philadelphia. Aiming point: City Hall. All of the midtown and South Philadelphia areas, the Navy Yard, Germantown, Upper Darby and Camden destroyed; Chestnut Hill, Bryn Mawr, Chester severely damaged...
This grandeur is also obvious in the impressive foyer--bulwarked by a four-inch thick mahogany door. A carved, domed ceiling overlooks the entrance, which leads a marbled path to the massive grand staircase. An erratic elevator, however, bears most of the traffic to upper floors...
...later proved themselves men of worth. His regret spurred on his conviction of the necessity of throwing all members of a class together for at least one year. Through the freshman dorms, classmates were to meet each other briefly as equals before passing on to the disrupting existence of upper-class living...
...private industry in this country has never been able to provide housing for low income groups at a profit. With the returns from slum clearance and welfare building so unsure, private enterprise tends to concentrate on more lucrative upper and middle class construction. The burdens of building for the low income groups falls to the cities, many of which are clearly incapable of handling the necessary projects. And so, fifteen million American families go inadequately housed, while more dwellings deteriorate each year...