Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that bewildering conurbation without a road map. The municipal charter diffuses power among the mayor, the city council and sundry city commissions, an arrangement that confuses all and pleases none-least of all the flamboyant, aggressive mayor. Sam Yorty. He complains that he has insufficient power to manage his urban empire; His critics, who are growing in number, reply that Sam has misused the very real power he has-and they are banding together to block his reelection next spring...
...215T CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Cities of the Future." Pollution, congestion and slums threaten to reduce America's urban centers to a vast wasteland. Walter Cronkite reports...
This is not to say that the nation necessarily wants a Boulanger in charge. What the campaign so far does suggest, however, is that most voters are confused by the war, unsure about what to do about urban blight, and dismayed by charges of pervasive racism. They want more than a welter of new commitments, more than a mind-boggling array of plans to finance urban redevelopment. Rather, they want precisely what Lyndon Johnson has not given them--a kind of rhetorical coherence, a feeling that if the problems are tough, at last someone has a decent idea...
...example, take the candidate's attitude towards urban problems. McCarthy bickered for weeks with many of his backers, over whether to state that domestic turmoil was, in terms of national priority, more important than foreign policy. What this actually means for a prospective McCarthy Presidency is unclear. For McCarthy will have to carry on the normal tricky business of diplomacy with allies and enemies alike. Anyway, a statement merely setting a vague priority is meaningless. If, instated McCarthy is thinking of reappraising the value of our alliances or military aid programs, that is something else--a genuine occasion...
...girl is a symbol of success and achievement. Says a University of California Negro student: "Black cats consciously play with white chicks. It's a challenge. For him, the white woman is shrouded in mystery. She is revered, you dig?" Adds Mrs. Anita Jones of Seattle's Urban League: "Oh, there's pride in it, all right. Dating Caucasians is part of the Negro's establishment of his identity as a man, and an attractive white girl is the last citadel...