Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roslindale, Hyde Park, Allston, Jamacia Plain and Charlestown- sections where one's neighborhood would not get him elected, but where his conservatism could. Since every candidate knows it, they all take the same stands. Naturally, the traditional pattern held up once again. Law-and-order, improved neighborhoods (without urban renewal), better schools, and closer-watched city finances are always successful platforms in Boston, but any serious candidate knows it, so there is little hope of selecting councillors by the issues. And drawing the vote from one's home ward is a misguided strategy in a city where seven or eight...
...washing walls while the world is going to hell," said Peter Walsh '64, director of Boston's Division of Urban Volunteers...
...Urban Coalition this morning began issuing appeals over Local radio and television stations for housing facilities. A Coalition spokeman said the District Government is seriously concerned about possible housing and food shortages Saturday...
Jeff Rosen '70, a spokesman for the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, said the purpose of the community action was to emphasize urban priorities that are being overlooked because...
Marlowe still packs a heater in a shoulder holster, and still operates out of an office that could qualify for urban renewal. But for this film, Director Paul Bogart (no kin) is just keeping down appearances. Whenever the plot calls for straight shooting, he is as crooked as a cop on the take, using sleazy trick photography and mannered techniques. In a scene of two people in a large living room, for example, Bogart can be counted on to plant the viewer in the fireplace, behind the flames...