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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CROSS THE NATION, STUDENTS had already risen up on such campuses as Columbia, Berkeley, Northwestern and University of Michigan. On the afternoon of April 9, 1969, it was Harvard's turn. Filled with that '60s mixture of anger, rage and disillusionment--much of it prompted by the continued war in Vietnam--about 300 students seized University Hall, physically pushing some of the deans down stairways and out the doors. Before dawn, President Pusey unilaterally summoned the Cambridge police to force their way into the Hall and get the students out. Donned in helmets and equipped with nightsticks and tear...

Author: By Nicholas Corman, | Title: A War-Torn Tale from Home | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

Pinckney Street separated Beacon Hill's exclusive south side from its north, and also divided Boston's whites from its blacks during the 1900s, said Snipe, leaning against a piano in what was an empty church meeting room on a rainy Monday afternoon...

Author: By Aby. Fung, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Boston's Own African American History | 4/30/1997 | See Source »

...that Richard McLaren, the group's leader, abruptly cut off talks late Tuesday night and has been silent ever since. The group's web site, where updates on the situation and calls for reinforcements from other citizens of the Republic of Texas had been posted, was taken down Wednesday afternoon. Apparently responding to McLaren's call, seven heavily armed men carrying Republic of Texas citizenship cards were arrested Wednesday at a truck stop 70 miles from his Davis Mountain hideout. Charged with possession of marijuana, the men were also carrying five semi-automatic rifles, a shotgun, a .45-caliber pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stasis in Texas | 4/30/1997 | See Source »

...Institute of Politics (IOP) held elections Sunday afternoon for its 1997 fall semester committee chairs...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IOP Chooses Next Set Of Committee Chairs | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

...full house gathered in Science Center D yesterday afternoon to hear Nobel prize-winner Robert Huber speak about his research in determining molecular structures...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Nobel Winner Huber Explores Proteins | 4/29/1997 | See Source »

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