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Word: asa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...focusing on the mid- to high-end ofwomen's ready-wear fashion. We want to be known asa fashion center, and we're being selective aboutwho we bring in," Moore says...

Author: By Karen W. Levy, | Title: Charles Square: Catering to the Elite | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

Wiese, who is not on scholarship, participatesin Army ROTC for patriotic reasons. "I view it asa duty to give the same things I have gotten to mykids, and to do that I have to be willing to standup for American interests as defined by thePresident and the American Congress," he says...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Preparing Today for the Military Tomorrow | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

Shigeto Tsuru '35, who is in town for the 50th reunion of his undergraduate class, has for the past decade been editorial adviser of The Asa n Shimbun, a Tokyo-based newspaper with a circulation of close to eight million...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Skinner, Volcker, 8 Others to Receive Degrees | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

...first undergraduate uprising was the famous "butter riot" of 1766. Bad food had been a student complaint since the University's founding, and the rebellion started when Asa Dunbar, grandfather of Henry Thoreau, confronted an administrator and complained. "Behold, our butter stinketh and we cannot eat thereof...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Seven Seats of Power | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...first undergraduate uprising was the famous "butter riot" of 1766. Bad food had been a student complaint since the University's founding, and the rebellion started when Asa Dunbar, grandfather of Henry Thoreau, confronted an administrator and complained: "Behold, our butter stinketh and we cannot eat thereof." For inciting the ensuing demonstration, Dunbar was demoted by the Faculty, but the students rallied behind him and agreed to boycott breakfast. The Corporation and Overseers conceded that the butter was rotten, but they insisted that the students apologize for their insubordination or resign. They apologized...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Empire Building | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

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