Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Monimbo, an Indian quarter in the city of Masaya, has a special place in Sandinista mythology. It was there in 1978 that residents launched the first urban insurrection against President Anastasio Somoza, sparking the revolution that toppled the dictator and put the Sandinistas in power. Ever since, official speeches have resounded with accolades to "heroic Monimbo." Last week Monimbo was up in arms again, only this time the target was the Sandinista regime...
...Thin Ice, a Harvard improvisational comedy troupe, and Boston comedian Don Gavin will appear tonight in a charity benefit show for Phillips Brooks House (PBH) and the Freshmen Urban Program...
...Freshman Urban Program really needs the money and they really deserve it," Lawrence said. He added that the money will probably be used to buy supplies for the program, in which freshmen arrive at Harvard a week early to work without pay on different renovation sites around Boston...
...disillusioning to have the champion of urban values--who in the realistic movie came up with memorable arguments to refute a charismatic artist who claimed that the roofs of buildings floats--tell you that it was all an act; to have the epitome of New York neurosis--who said he saw epiphany in drinking a cup of coffee left out overnight which escaped the attention of Manhattan cockroaches--explain to you that we should all be obsessed by American dominance of the world. It was as if I was sitting on the wrong side of the table from...
Instead of grand pronouncements about urban life, Shawn told me that "My Dinner with Andre was quintessential of the Carter era--optimistic, cheerful. It could not be made in the Reagan era. In fact," he continued, "when I see Andre [Gregory], when we meet and talk, we always talk about politics. If we made the movie today we would both be obsessed with the political questions." Again the reality and illusion seemed to mesh too perfectly. He really meets and talks with that crazy guy, Andre. Yet as Wally explained, the issues he defended, some of which he "still believe...