Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...merchant, who asked to remain anonymous, said that the area bordered by Massachusetts Avenue, Dunster House, the Charles River and Central Square was "ripe for rebuilding under the urban renewal scheme" and suggested that, in view of the University's contemplated construction of two new houses, "this would be the most likely location" for the buildings...
Faced with their youngsters' firm determination to marry whom they wish, many Japanese parents tend to bow to the inevitable, masking their parental pride behind a face-saving ritual in which the already-well-acquainted couple are formally introduced to each other. Many an urban bridegroom has a new respect for his prize. At Meiji Hall last week, one busy girl marriage clerk noted with satisfaction that nine out of every ten grooms let their brides step into the marriage limousine before them...
President Pusey and President James Killian of M.I.T. have been invited to a dinner meeting with the municipal planning board and local business leaders to discuss the best way to get prompt action on urban renewal. Many citizens of Cambridge feel that the University and M.I.T. should join the city in setting up a permanent committee to deal with other major problems--traffic, housing, schools, etc.--and to coordinate action now and in the future. "If Harvard, M.I.T. and the city don't work together, we might as well give the whole works back to the Indians," one local businessman...
Getting prompt action on urban renewal is the immediate concern of the city planners. The federal government approved Cambridge as a site for the project earlier this year, but the urban renewal committee, which must now be formed to plan specific areas for redevelopment, has not yet been set up by the city government...
...purpose of the early December meeting is, as Frederick J. Adams, head of the M.I.T. City Planning Department, put it yesterday, "to light a fire under" the municipal authorities and get the urban renewal committee set up. Any joint action on this issue may well lead to a permanent University-M.I.T.-citizens committee to press for other improvements where the institutions and citizens have joint interests...