Category: Social change

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Coming of Age Via ETV

313 Anolani St.   Honolulu, Hawaii   The scene was not unlike those repeated thousands of times in the last century in colonial islands around the South Pacific: The Great White Governor was arriving for a ceremonial visit and the men of the small out-islands

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City Wanted: No “Miracles” Need Apply

September 20, 1968 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — People everywhere are looking for something they call “a good place to live.” American planners refer to it as “a suitable environment. The Swedes term it “miljö.” With the good life becoming harder to find in modern cities, manes

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A Synaesthetic Smorgasbord: Venice & Kassel

July 22, 1968 Amsterdam—International art festivals are like childrens’ birthday parties. They tend to over-indulge you with ice cream and cake. The recent art exhibitions at Venice and Kassel, Germany—Biennale and Documenta IV—were no exception. After both, one feels the need for some sort of

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New Pacific Primer – I

Honolulu, Hawaii June 2, 1968   The following is a view of the Pacific Islands from Hawaii based on previous travels, reading and talks with area scholars, visiting islanders and concerned U.S. officials. It is a starting point for a year of study and travel

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Warsaw: Memories in Mortar

May 28, 1968   Warsaw, Poland — There are three Warsaws, blurred into one by bricks and mortar, ideology and memories. Living on in fond reminiscence is the city of Chopin and Madame Curie, which existed here before the Nazi invasion of 1939. The second