Word: conservationism
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Once the inventory is complete, most of the objects not on display will be moved to a $28 million warehouse and conservation laboratory being built in Suitland, Md., six miles from the Smithsonian's main museums on the Mall near the Capitol. A new computer system will be capable...
CCC. Before Harry Hopkins arrived on the scene, Roosevelt had a pet scheme of his own for the unemployed. An ardent conservationist, he wanted thousands of the jobless to work in the nation's parks and forests. His Civilian Conservation Corps prompted William Green, president of the American Federation...
Roosevelt was outraged. He denounced the conservative Justices' objections to New Deal programs as a relic of the "horse-and-buggy age." The idea that the will of both the President and the Congress could be thwarted by nine old men-one of the Justices was 80, five were...
Ideally, an Interior Secretary should try to balance the conflicting demands of development and conservation. Watt has yet to prove to critics that he cares very much about the latter. He far too often sounds as if he is still a litigator for the Mountain States Legal Foundation, which was...
The city council would have to approve the creation of a neighborhood conservation district which would give community residents the power to block demolitions. Before the council vote, a study commission of historical committee members and neighborhood residents would have to produce a report on the issue.