Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Morte d'Urban, by J. F. Powers. A gently satirical novel about the surprisingly secular problems of a fund-raising Roman Catholic priest, written with fondness and perception but, the Lord be thanked, not a trace of cuteness...
While local politicians beamed on the platform, Kennedy gave the Republicans hell. "I am proud to come back to this city and state and ask your support in electing Democrats-those members of the House and Senate who support the minimum wage and medical care for the aged, and urban renewal, and cleaning our rivers, and giving security to our older people, and educating our children, and giving jobs to our workers. That is the issue of this campaign...
...redesigning the Wayne State University campus in downtown Detroit,--an accomplishment that undoubtedly brought him to Harvard's attention--Yamasaki said, "At Wayne we are aiming for an island of urban delight--a lovely system of courts linking the building, all on a walking scale...
Morte d'Urban, by J. F. Powers. A gently satirical novel about the surprisingly secular problems of a fund-raising Catholic priest, written with fondness and perception but, the Lord be thanked, not a trace of cuteness...
...shared Hank's cell under the name of Pete Malloy. To insure that the marriage will go on, and to gain partnership in Smith's business, Mulberry threatens blackmail. By this time, it would seem that truth and justice and virtue are hopelessly ensnared in the awful net of urban business, but Osgood arrives on the scene just in time to overpower Mulberry, discover on his person the stolen jewels of Smith's daughter, and give Mulberry the grand boot. Milly is deliriously grateful, but Osgood modestly puts her off with the words, "Aw shucks, Milly...