Word: activists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well system was recovering only half of the polluted groundwater. Hooker was unwilling to spend more on clean-up and the state has been unwilling to sue a second time. And even had the system worked perfectly, could it have permanently contained its load of poisons? Said one community activist, "To the best of my knowledge, there is not one single example of such a vault in the world today which has not leaked sooner or later--and usually more sooner than later...
...afternoon speech, McLaughlin said the college would lose its ability to influence South Africa's racist policies if it divested, said Laurie Adams, a Dartmouth divestment activist...
Actually, Harvard has had a fair amount of practice at silencing unruly tenants. Tenant activists can document at least three cases since 1979 in which Harvard's legal counsels have negotiated to silence angry tenants with money or binding confidentiality agreements. The group of tenants at the Craigie Arms, for example, settled their dispute with Harvard, but signed a perfectly legal agreement which prevented them from speaking at public fora against their landlord, according to one community activist...
Would you rather live on a street named after a basketball star or a civil rights activist? Cambridge residents will have to make this weighty decision within the next two months, when they debate whether to change Western Ave.'s commonplace name to a commemorative...
Some students also complain that controversial quotes in The Crimson are a sure way of being summoned to speak with Upton. They point to an incident last month in which outspoken activist Jamin B. Raskin '83 told The Crimson that the "administration rounded up the usual suspects" in the Lowell House investigation, and that there "were headhunters on the Ad Board who smelled blood this time." Upton immediately called him in to discuss the matter...