Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hospital workers was an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. It gave them a chance to make their conception of the ideal labor union a reality. In addition, since most of the workers at Jewish Memorial are Roxbury Negroes, the union would provide them a good base for community organizing in the ghetto...
...sense, Ed Brooke has a 50-state constituency, a power base that no other Senator can claim. Not only is he in a position to show his race the way out of apartheid politics; he could also wield considerable influence in the selection of the G.O.P. presidential candidate in 1968?and beyond. Though he is cagey enough not to commit himself so soon, he leans toward Michigan's George Romney for '68. Since more Negroes could come to resent Romney's Mormon religion?which still has an archaic tenet that denies the "priesthood" to Negroes?Brooke would be a valuable...
...panic. Historically, they have largely relied on the patronage of their powerful conquerors. Among them were the Phoenicians, who sailed ashore about 1400 B.C., the Carthaginians, the Romans and the French. The island has no oil or other resources, no agriculture and little industry. Thus, without a military base Malta is not much more than a legacy of ancient glories. To survive, it imports six times what it exports, and can pay for it only with the pounds brought by British sailors...
...boys and girls. The popular, "well-rounded" high school graduate may be shocked when she arrives at Wellesley. Her favorite relationships have probably been those with boys and she is used to governing her behavior by the expected male reaction. When she gets to Wellesley, she is knocked off base. A senior who is a house president and a junior Phi Beta Kappa describes the experience: "I liked girls, but I was always more comfortable around boys. It was hard to get used to making friends with girls. Probably most girls don't know what it's like until they...
...substantially correct, there are serious implications for the City Administration, the University, and Cambridge residents. What will be the character of the growth around the Library? What type of construction, what type of business will dominate the new development? Will the presence of the Library prompt developers to base commercial operations, not directly related to the Library, in Harvard Square...