Word: baron
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Julia Baron, a high school student who co-founded the Harvard Square Liberation Front to protest the bank's development plans, read from a prepared statement...
...Harvard Square is a vital part of the city, because of its character, not just its revenue-per-square-foot, and must be protected against this kind of development," Baron said. "And if Harvard Square continues to be mallized, we will not only have lost a unique area, but we will have built a wasteland...
...delegation). The parade lasted far longer than expected, but finally the U.S. delegation came out, led by 286-lb. wrestler Bruce Baumgartner, who made flag carrying look ridiculously easy, and trailed by Shaquille O'Neal, whose new $121 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers wasn't exactly what Baron de Coubertin had in mind...
...Baron Pierre De Coubertin, the French nobleman who revived the Olympic Games, was a firm believer in the ancient Greek ideal of exercising mind and body in harmony. The role of sport is "at once physical, moral and social," he wrote. "I have often noticed that those who find themselves first in physical exercises are also first in their studies. The serious commitment in one area promotes the desire to be first throughout...
Still, in Olympic City you can get a chill from something other than a giant Coke bottle. In the Coliseum Tent there is an exhibit of "priceless artifacts" from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Whether it be Baron Pierre de Coubertin's saber or Jesse Owens' track shoe or a medal from the first Games in Athens, the artifacts can do a better job of transporting you to the Olympics than, say, the mountain-biking simulation. The museum pieces are not only keepsakes of the Games' history, but also reminders that this city has been handed a glorious legacy...