Word: afoot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...venture proved so successful that within five years other men had plans afoot to build another bridge upstream. By this time Hancock was governor. He didn't dare veto the bridge outright. Instead, he did what he considered the next best thing. He required it to be built near the Pest House-the infirmary for contangious diseased-and required the builders to pay Harvard 300 pounds per year as a fee. The proprietors regarded the first condition as perfectly convenient and, as to the second, they took their case to the general court which agreed they should pay Harvard...
...inquiries about rumors of high-level shifts: Newsweek began inquiring about the possibility that Kissinger was losing his NSC position. Quite truthfully, Press Secretary Ron Nessen turned back initial inquiries with the comment, "I haven't heard about that." Schlesinger relayed through spokesmen his belief that no plan was afoot to scuttle him, since he had just spent time with the President and the topic did not arise...
...that it doesn't seem to have much coherent purpose. Like a couple of other buildings in the immediate center of the Square it's an island of seedy lower middle-class America in an affluent student part of town, and there doesn't seem to be any move afoot to change it and capitalize on the youth market...
...second half found many of the players spending their time on the slippery turf, but Penn's Len Daniels managed to remain afoot long enough to score the game's winning goal on a great pass from Florian Kempf...
Francis A. Lawton, assistant for facilities in the faculty, said yesterday that the six departments now housed in Holyoke Center will probably be moved into a renovated building, or possibly into a new building with extra space. However, he said that at this moment, there is no definite plan afoot for relocation, he said...