Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Despite the protestations of youth [Aug. 17], as a member of the Establishment I refuse to have personal or group guilt feelings. We, too, abhor war and would prefer love and peace, but do Red China and the U.S.S.R. allow us to pursue such noble desires? We, too, are against hunger, poor housing, discrimination and poor medical care, but aren't we the ones who pay the taxes, contribute to charities and hire and help the minorities? We also approve of sex and love, even though the fire burns less furiously, and we supply the youth with the Pill...
Concerning her fight for academic freedom, I find it strange that she is unwilling to allow anyone else to exercise this right (some would probably call it a privilege). She has repeatedly stated that academic freedom is meaningless unless it promotes political and social freedom; very good. But when asked if she herself would extend this freedom to include those of the political right, or those who hold views opposed to hers, she has stated that "there is no place for the fascists or demagogues who aim at control and further enslavement." On another occasion, when she was asked...
...again." A simple dress and jacket worn by Mrs. Stuart Symington became "another one of those 'dumb' costumes." Society and show business regularly get theirs in WWD too. Just last week, Fairchild ordered up a layout on women who "become walking billboards for all the latest status symbols" and "allow fashion to wear them." He even gave them their own initials, FV (Fashion Victims). The caption for FV Barbra Streisand, shown in the transparent Scaasi costume that she wore to receive her Oscar, was taken from her latest movie: "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Coming up soon...
...most open-housing statutes-is primarily an enforcement problem. Another, more subtle obstacle is the exclusionary suburban zoning ordinance. It often has the effect of blocking construction of low-and moderate-cost housing. Unlike blatant Jim Crow barriers, zoning makes a difficult legal target. Its legitimate purpose-to allow a community to plan its land use rationally-has been upheld as proper and constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court...
...federal court in Buffalo ruled three weeks ago that the city of Lackawanna, N.Y., had practiced discrimination in refusing to allow 138 low-cost housing units to be built in a nearly all-white neighborhood. Blacks were expected to occupy most of the homes. Lackawanna officials withheld the approval that would have permitted construction and rezoned the area for park and recreational purposes. Attorneys for the city contended that the project would have overlooked Lackawanna's sewer system. "Mere rationalization," said U.S. District Judge John T. Curtin...