Word: alle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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And it was the same nucleus of swimmers that did the damage last night, helping Harvard to place first in all but two events, the 100-meter freestyle and 3-meter diving.
Like an unpleasant alarm, the banging eventually wakes me up. Unlike an unpleasant alarm, the banging doesn't disappear with the flip of a switch. It keeps going all day.
There is a sort of poetry in absorbing the details of the construction process. Many a day have I laid aside my books and stared intensely at the backhoes, as they scoop dirt up, swivel around, dump it elsewhere and pat it down. This is an immense improvement over watching...
As long as I'm looking for the silver lining, I may as well also mention that I'd rather be inside Quincy House being shaken all to hell than outside all winter doing the shaking.
Still, though, in spite of all the fringe benefits, the noise is driving me crazy! Why couldn't these buildings go up in the middle of the Yard, or at the Quad, or on the Boston Common? Why in my back yard?