Word: annexation
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...schools Baker describes, Radcliffe may well present the most severe case of deference to traditional norms. Set up in 1883 as the Harvard annex--over the opposition of men like Edward W. Hooper, then treasurer of Harvard, who said bluntly, "I have no prejudice in the matter of education of women, and I am quite willing to see Yale or Columbia take any risks they like, but I feel bound to protect Harvard College from what seems to me to be a risky experiment"--Radcliffe relied completely on Harvard faculty members to teach the young women. All the other members...
Amid a hubbub of carpenters, plasterers and electricians in the old FBI Annex below Capitol Hill, the newest congressional empire is a building. Before long it will have 30 attorneys, 50 investigators, 40 to 50 researchers, security men, assorted administrators and 30 or so secretaries. It will probably have a budget of more than $6.5 million a year. It will also have a life expectancy of at least two years and at most ... well, no prudent actuary would dare to predict how long it may last...
...army, disguised as an inter-Arab force, are taking over most parts of Lebanon, except the south. Politically the question is whether the Syrians will limit their activities to helping the President [Elias Sarkis] restore Lebanon as a political entity and independent country. Or will the Syrians try to annex Lebanon to create the beginning of a greater Syria? Militarily the present deployment of the Syrian army puts it in a much weaker position against Israel than if it were concentrated where it used to be around Damascus and the Golan Heights. But this is really only a temporary situation...
...Every original Widener Library brick remains intact. To honor Mrs. Widener's first request, the annex to Lamont Library was connected to Widener through a window, so as not to upset a brick...
...class, others dedicated troupes led by strong choreographers. The most original tend to be Betty Fain (October 9-10), Deborah Chassler (December 3-5) and New England Dinosaur (watch for them next spring and in the me time check out avant-garde music events at the Dinosur Annex...