Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...California Governor Pat Brown, swallowed hard and conceded that the subcommittee "went a little strong-to put it mildly." And President Johnson, himself stung by criticism from the Senate group, did Yorty no harm by chiming in that the Johnson Administration had done more to alleviate urban problems than "any Administration in the history of the country," including "the last Administration," in which Bobby was Attorney General...
...chief exponent of "dirty downhome" country blues. "The Wolf" rarely stirs his hulking, 6-ft. 3-in., 250-lb. frame from a rickety wooden chair in front of his band; but standing or sitting, he movingly shouts the dilemma of the country man who is restless in the urban maze...
...great again. Give us funds for the Teacher Corps. Give us more resources for rent supplements. Give us the civil rights bill. Give us the means to prosecute the war against poverty. Give us the child-nutrition act. Give us the hospital bill. Give us the money for urban mass transit." And so on, through a list of bills that, if passed, said Johnson, "will give us the power to move ahead. This is no time for delay...
Goaded by criticism of his urban programs, Johnson announced on his tour further plans to establish neighborhood centers to serve slum dwellers, directed that the number of storefront legal offices in rundown areas be increased to protect tenants from rapacious landlords, and called for the creation of a commission to undertake the first broad review of municipal codes, zones and taxation since 1931. All this -and much more that is needed-will cost money, and Lyndon Johnson may be indulging in just a little bit of rain dancing to make city dwellers feel better. This time, though, some rain...
Verwoerd often boasts that the blacks of South Africa are better off than anywhere else on the continent. Economically he is right. What with decent paychecks (minimum daily wage for an unskilled laborer is $2.80) and easy credit, many an urban African can afford to buy imbuia wood furniture for his dining room, neat school uniforms for his children, and in some cases even a car for himself. Every year countless thousands of blacks from nearby countries flood into the republic looking for work-and the bright lights of the city life...