Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choir (his nickname was "Music Box") and, on his release after three | years, started a band. Brown's pioneering rhythm and blues soon had black audiences up on their feet dancing to funky drums, taut horn riffs and sweat- drenched lyrics that sometimes rose to the level of pungent urban poetry. A 1968 hit gave a slogan to an era: "Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud...
Last week Shamir said that the Israeli army would withdraw from "several urban centers" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip once the 1.7 million Palestinians living there accepted limited autonomy. Then, Shamir said, Israel would pursue direct negotiations with Arab states and elected Palestinian "representatives...
...Harvard University, as an urban campus, has access to a wide variety of qualified vendors who can provide the University with competitive prices and timely delivery," the Valentine memo states. "As a result, I have concluded that there is no longer a need for maintaining an on-campus Stores operation. Therefore, Harvard University Stores will begin phasing out operations immediately...
Kinder, Gentler Conservatives Dept.: The homeless should be happy to learn that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp has pledged to aggressively enforce the McKinney Act, a measure that would transform unused, federally owned buildings into homeless shelters. Kemp's new-found enthusiasm for the bill is strange, considering that he voted against the act as a member of Congress...
Charles Willie, a professor of education and urban studies at Harvard's Education School, believes his "controlled choice" plan represents the most effective way to desegregate inner city public schools. Unlike some others in his field, he says this type of desegregation can be complete without including predominantly white outlying suburbs in the school district...