Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wheelis said that a bill giving residents a larger measure of con- trol in any urban renewal project affecting their homes will be introduced in the legislature Tuesday morning. Immediately afterward, the lawyer for the North Harvard residents, William Homans, Jr. will go to court to obtain a restraining order halting the evictions while the bill is being considered
...URBAN AFFAIRS. Creates a Cabinetlevel Department of Housing and Urban Development which would succeed the present Housing and Home Finance Agency...
Store-bought bedspreads changed that way of life. The durable coverlets remain as records of folk art in America, quaint but serious documents of the attitudes of a growing nation. Tucked away in the rural U.S. (as well as among urban hobbyists) nimble-thimbled women who follow historic patterns still exist, but the qualities that make a good quilter are hard to come by in modern times. Explains one mistress of the art: "It demands steady nerves, a pleasant temperament, equal dexterity with either hand, an inborn sense of line and form, Job's patience and time galore...
...Communion if they have committed a mortal sin. In theory, confession should be a cleansing encounter between the believer and God, during which the priest, acting in God's name, forgives a penitent his sins and advises him on how to lead a more holy life. In crowded urban churches-or even outside them, as at the outdoor confessionals sometimes seen in such traditionally Catholic countries as Poland-confession is often a mechanical recitation of sins, followed by a few mumbling words of priestly comment and absolution and an instant penance ("Say three Our Fathers and three Hail Marys...
...forward a much-debated plan for revamping the Thai economy. It not only calls for crop-support programs, but also urges repeal of the 25% export tax on rice, by which the government gets 8% of its revenues. Farm taxes would be replaced by excises on tobacco and urban property, helping distribute the nation's tax load and its income more equitably, aiding Thailand's industries by giving farmers more power to purchase manufactured goods. The government publicly opposes the idea, but some officials privately favor...