Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Police also returned $40 in cash, two suitcases, and a large batch of books and papers. A box of books and a stereo turntable were among the objects taken during the raid. (CRIMSON, Nov. 18)
THE PEOPLE at the Cambridge Model Cities Bureau have the somewhat annoying yet highly infectious tendency to see themselves as enlightened visionaries battling valiantly against the power-hungry forces of Cambridge City Hall.
The people at City Hall, in turn, see themselves as the last outpost of fiscal responsibility combatting narrow-minded self-interest on the part of local factions. They view Model Cities as a group that doesn't have to return regularly to the electorate, and therefore is free to spend...
Two weeks ago forty staff workers and a dozen members of the Cities Demonstration Agency (CDA) Board invaded City Hall, hoping to confront and pin down City Manager John Corcoran and City Solicitor Philip M. Cronin on three specific issues-two contracts and Model Cities pay raises-that illustrated the...
The concept of Model Cities was introduced as an early "War on Poverty" scheme to infuse large sums of money into eight selected cities. Logrolling in Congress modified that original idea, transforming it into a less-intensive aid program to more than 150 cities. The enabling legislation was approved and...