Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GLAK AND OTHER STORIES, by Harvey Jacobs. Bizarre urban fairy tales delivered with the kick and rhythm of a nightclub comedian...
...what Procaccino, in a rare flash of genuine wit, once called the "limousine liberals." Lindsay's riposte was to label Mario's entourage "Cadillac conservatives." In the view of their foes, Lindsay's forces loom as an alliance of patricians and restive blacks ? the New Establishment in urban America ? and Procaccino and his aver age man are out to destroy...
...voting for liberals and financing civil rights causes. It was all very well for Lindsay to be one of the most assertive members of the Kerner Commission and for his aides to take as gospel the commission's key argument: that white racism is at the root of much urban turmoil. Except for the intellectuals and the ultra-liberals?who are already Lindsay supporters?most white New Yorkers do not accept that contention. Marchi says that the commission report was "useful." But he adds: "Unlike some other people, I feel no personal sense of guilt. I have no personal hang...
...improving of education and training, resolving conflict, and improving of organizational management. These are topics of universal concern. Our urban problems will be better handled if we can teach better, reduce conflicts, and organize our efforts better. Our economy will run better if we can train our manpower better, solve industrial disputes, and improve the efficiency of large organizations. We can reduce the chances of war if we can learn more about foreign peoples, relax tensions, understand the nature of conflict, and build better international organizations. Our national defense stands in need of the same kind of knowledge...
...official, Justin M. Gray, currently assistant to the City Manager for Community Development, will became an M.I.T. faculty member in the Urban Studies and Planning Department. In addition, he and three members of his office who are leaving with him will found a private consulting firm in Cambridge...