Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expected. Hine did not care. As Alan Trachtenberg points out in his excellent catalogue essay, "Ellis Island represented the opening American act of one of the most remarkable dramas in all of history: the conversion of agricultural laborers, rural homemakers and traditional craftsmen into urban industrial workers." Hine, unlike other American photographers, perceived this and made it the lifelong theme of his work. The subject chose him. It presented Hine with a sense of historical duty, as witness to a unique moment in human transactions, that propelled his work for the next three decades. It transcended formalism without damaging...
...skyjacker and a fugitive Marxist. Her resemblance to Patty Hearst can hardly be coincidental. Charlotte's second husband is also a familiar type out of the recent past-a successful San Francisco lawyer who travels a lot, defending Black Panthers and arranging arms deals for urban guerrillas. When someone at a party asks Charlotte what he does, she replies characteristically, "He runs guns, I wish they had caviar...
Schelling received the award for his work which applies economics methods to problems of nuclear power, urban development and racial discrimination, he said yesterday...
...million Americans currently out of work, more than half are under age 24, according to Carter. Joblessness among 16-to 19-year-olds runs 18% or more, v. a national average of 7.5%; in urban ghetto areas the figure skyrockets to 40%. To cut into this widespread unemployment, Carter offered a four-part program that contains something old, something new and more than a little borrowed from previous administrations. His proposals...
...Start Youth Community Conservation and Improvement Projects. The Federal Government would grant a total of $250 million over 18 months to states and localities for what Carter vaguely describes as projects to upgrade neighborhoods, both urban and rural. The spending would supposedly generate 30,000 jobs for 16-to 19-year-olds...