Word: welling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...service to his supporters and the city at large, and, thus, if he has won election by hammering upon a controversial issue such as opposition to the belt route, he is likely to find few in the Council who will stand with him to push it through. For a well-oiled political machine must have followers as well as leaders, and nine politicians each leading in his own direction seems at best an inefficient operation. Plan E, the Cambridge form of government, has faced opposition of professional politicians from its very inception in 1945; and while many ascribe this opposition...
...manner of their campaigns, have accepted, in general form, the goals of the Association's platform. They are not, of course, obligated to vote with the CCA on any issure at all, though they could lose endorsement or overzealous independence. And they have the further responsibility of initiating as well as supporting progressive legislation...
...urban renewal program gives the city the weapons needed to tear down massive areas of low-grade housing, preparing the way for private redevelopment of desirable property. Such projects would inevitably permanently displace from the city a large number of its residents, and such a move might well provide political impetus for a move to abandon Plan E. Cities with Plan E charters have fought tough battles to retain them against both local and state legislatures in combination, and some, without permanent civic associations, have returned to the more traditional forms...
...League's leading representative, the University of Pennsylvania, gave a traditionally strong Navy eleven a real scare, and then settled for a 22-22 tie. Playing before 26,000 spectators at Franklin Field, the Quakers served notice on their remaining Ivy opponents and the major Eastern powers as well...
...used word like "poignant" and "pathetic" with depressing frequency in this review, I should like to have used them a great deal oftener; for poignancy and pathos are nearly all The Glass Menagerie has to offer, and the only measure of the success of any production lies in how well it projects these qualities. The audience at Saturday's performance found a good deal of humor in it, but for the most part it made me want to whimper like a whipped dog at the unmeaning cruelty with which people live with one another. This is not my favorite reaction...