Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact is that statehood has made strong gains in recent years, particularly among Puerto Rico's growing urban middle class. In the island's capital, San Juan, commonwealth edged out statehood by only 3,300 votes, and in Ponce, statehood won a majority. If the longing for statehood continues to grow, another plebiscite is certain to be called eventually. Said Millionaire Industrialist Luis A. Ferre, 63, leader of the statehooders: "Puerto Rico will be a state within eight to ten years...
...heavenly visit, the victorious Moslems built the Dome of the Rock over the site of the Old Temple. More often than not, they tolerantly allowed Christians and Jews free access to the shrines of the city. In 1095, however, inspired by rumors of Islamic persecution of pilgrims, Pope Urban II proclaimed a holy crusade to reconquer Jerusalem for Christ. Four years later, mail-clad knights led by Godfrey of Bouillon took the city by storm and slaughtered every Moslem they could find-afterward repairing for prayer at the shrine of the Holy Sepulcher...
...University of Detroit law professor contends that all municipalities should be held liable for riot damage. Writing in the new Journal of Urban Law, Frank S. Sengstock declares that cities are derelict if they don't initiate preventive programs or if their police don't use established professional techniques of riot control and suppression. "There is a substantial need to indemnify victims of mob disorders," he comments. "Sovereign immunity is playing its finale. Fundamental principles of common law warrant the conclusion that the injured has a right to sue a municipal corporation for damages committed...
...three principals, only Elaine May, as the wife, is well cast, but she is pitching in a game with no catchers. Peter Falk is too simian and heavy for the popinjay part of her wayward husband, and as a Jewish urban type, Jack Lemmon is frantic without being at all funny. Luv is too good a comedy to die this way; people who have never seen it will do better to find a road company of the play...
...Contrary to the statement made in the article. Harvard could not "block" City renewal funds even if it wanted to do so--which it doesn't. The University has worked closely with the City since urban renewal first began in Cambridge in 1956, and is presently working closely with both the Cambridge Planning Board and the Citizens Advisory Committee on preliminary planning for Harvard Square...