Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dilworth announced that he had no commitment "one way or the other" from Green-but was sure that Green would back him "wholeheartedly." Dilworth needs all the support he can get: the 1961 scandals in Philadelphia hurt, despite Dilworth's impressive progress in urban renewal, and there were still plenty of old-line Democrats who did not care for Mainliner Dilworth's liberal ways...
...Neill charged that current attempts by the city to condemn the Yards under the Urban Renewal Act was "just a political situation." It could be cleared up, he explained, when "thinking people realize that whether you call it an industry or not, education is the most important asset of our economy...
...press conference, the President fought back feebly. "In regard to Dr. Weaver," he said, "I see now that various people who opposed the Urban Department are now ready to support him for any Cabinet position he wishes-Defense, State, Treasury or anything else . . .I'm sure he is grateful for those good wishes for a Cabinet position where there is no vacancy. Mr. Weaver will get along all right, but I think the question is the people in the cities are the ones who have been defeated...
...Urban man lives with a hum always in his ears. During his working hours, he is subjected to the distant noise of traffic, the whistle of the air conditioner, the hum of the fluorescent lighting. At home, the washing machine and the dishwasher rumble, radios blare...
...ready to deliver the machine within twelve months. Visitors to Itek's Lexington lab have predicted the EDM will not only make possible vast cost savings in the engineering industries but also revolutionize computer technology. Among those who have come to inspect the EDM so far: urban developers looking for better ways to plan cities, railroaders seeking quicker ways to unsnarl traffic, aerospace engineers who hope for swifter and finer design work...