Word: area
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soldiers in Beijing sprayed bullets at a diplomatic compound and several other buildings in a foreign residential area, almost hitting two children of a U.S. embassy official. The embassy ordered the evacuation of all dependents of staff members, and thousands of foreigners went to the airport hoping to get tickets...
...school will also explore ways of expanding student housing, because, says Sander, "housing in the Cambridge area is just not competitive." University housing currently accommodates one-third of the student body...
...academic institution or a real estate company? Many asked, "Why build a hotel?" Members of the faculty noted that the site could be better used as a library or a building to ease the faculty office crunch. Community activists screamed about insensitivity, charging that the University was destroying area neighborhoods...
...because such measures would be inconvenient for some faculty members. The administration also refused to increase the number of street lights in the Yard, even after six assaults of students near in the Square in a four-week period, because it would harm the historic value of the area...
...area in particular stands out as a potential benchmark of change at Harvard--the likely HUCTW agreement on changes in child care. "HUCTW has led the way," Bozzotto says, and Local 26 will wait to see what kind of progress HUCTW makes before deciding on their own demands...