Word: various
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some Doubts. Atlanta's Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. was so impressed with the report that he has already ordered the city planning department to analyze it in detail and then assign specific recommendations for action to various departments. The Chicago city council passed a resolution hailing it as an "outstanding report of unparalleled importance," although Mayor Richard Daley was unhappy that it had not criticized strongly enough the "criminal elements" that take part in riots...
...generals who have taken over from the postcolonial politicians in many South Asian nations have had much success in changing these attitudes. The result is that the best-laid, often Western-tutored, economic plans consistently go awry. Whether military or civilian, nominally capitalist or self-styled socialist, "the various political systems in the region are strikingly similar in their inability or unwillingness to institute fundamental reforms and enforce social discipline. They are all in this sense 'soft states.' " And, adds Myrdal: "There is little hope in South Asia for rapid development without greater social discipline...
...developing a "theology of celebration," based on joy, hope and even fantasy, Cox concludes, "we can celebrate the past, delight in the present, and gladly anticipate the future without sacrificing one to the other. Christ has come to previous generations of men in various guises, as teacher, judge, healer. Now, in a new or really an old but recaptured guise, Christ has begun to make an unexpected entrance onto the stage of modern secular life. Enter Christ the harlequin: the symbol of festivity and fantasy in an age which has almost lost both...
...recently as 1960, Ford was the sensation of West German autos; its various models offered roominess, style and economy. By 1965, Ford commanded an 18% share of the auto market in West Germany. But Ford officials vastly underestimated the extent and duration of the country's 1967 recession, kept on producing cars at breakneck speed. While sticking to the basic design that dated back to '60, Ford made some models a little longer, a little wider and considerably more expensive. Price tags on sedans, such as the 17M and 20M models, were boosted...
...Jonathan Kozol, the 31-year-old former Boston schoolteacher, author of the winner in science, philosophy and religion, Death at an Early Age. Kozol said that he was giving his $1,000 to the ghetto workers of Boston. That left the others with nothing to do but accept their various prizes: George F. Kennan for his Memoirs: 1925-1950, Edna and Howard Hong for their translation of Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers, and Publisher Cass Canfield, who accepted the National Book Award in fiction on be half of Thornton Wilder, author of The Eighth Day. Old Pro Wilder...