Word: adds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many say the visibility of the official candidates puts HRAAA's slate at a comparative disadvantage. And some add that the Alumni Association has picked more liberal candidates specifically to draw votes away from the HRAAA nominees...
Even if the Coop will not be opening up shop on Bow St., there is reason to believe the corner is due for a construction project. With its crumbling concrete eaves, noisy bar and dusty windows, the building may add character to the Square--but not the sort which chambers of commerce appreciate. And since the assessed value of the two-story structure is less than half that of the land under it--about $1 million as compared to $2.5 million--the Coop could improve its investment with a larger building...
...add insult to injury, it was a Harvard Law School dean who maneuvered the proposal past the city's legal defenses and onto the ballot. City councillors declared a war of words against Harvard when Dean James M. Landis, head of the Cambridge Committee for Plan E, helped force the proposal onto Cambridge's November 1938 ballot...
...trying to make Japanese business people feel welcome. In 1985, when Blytheville first learned that the Japanese steel firm Yamato Kogyo and North Carolina-based Nucor were looking for a 500-acre site to build a jointly owned mill, the townspeople rallied to action. The school system agreed to add extra English classes and hire special tutors. The Cotton Boll Vocational and Technical School promised low-cost training to help Japanese technicians adjust to U.S. industry standards. The state police agreed to waive all requirements for driver's licenses except the written exam. Says Mississippi County Court Judge Joe Gurley...
...from a project being planned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Called Mission to Planet Earth, the program would consist of a series of satellite flights designed to monitor the earth with sensitive instruments that measure such vital signs as temperature, winds and atmospheric chemistry. These readings would add immensely to the knowledge gained from high- resolution photography alone. The object is to understand the planet's dynamics well enough to anticipate ecological disasters -- and find ways to forestall them. The project was suggested in 1987 by a study group led by Sally Ride, America's first woman...