Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Revolution described it in 1907, the churchyard "contained the bones of the earliest settlers, the men who made Cambridge--of a governor of the colony, judges, president of Harvard, professors and men of learning and of wealth. Here too were laid to rest their children, those who could not bear the rude blasts of the New England winter." As Longfellow later remarked, the yard included "their smiling babes, their cherished brides, the patriarchs of the town...
...hunters--and the townspeople they protected--often relaxed at the pub. Taverns had yet to acquire the stigma they would later bear--as the DAR charitably allowed, early taverns were "for the comfort of the townspeople, for the interchange of news and opinions, the sale of solacing drinks and sociability." So necessary were they that the city offered tax incentives for setting up shop. The legislature, in fact, threatened in 1656 to fine towns without bars. All the inducements paid off in 1671 when the Blue Anchor, later to become Bradish's, and still later Porter's, opened...
...will try to bring public pressure to bear on the University--publicity is our only tool," Charles Sullivan, executive director of the Historical Commission said before the vote. He called Harvard's pleas "ironic--the Fogg is supposed to be a repository of cultural artifacts, yet here they want to destroy a cultural artifact...
...plantation or town or colony was settled except by the aid of women," Eliot told the governor. Minutes later, though, Eliot added, "The men have to hunt and fish and plough and dig and carry wood and water, but the women must cook and wash and sew and bear and bring up the children...
...some extent, of course, that's a cogent, coherent argument. Growing numbers of applications bear it out, and few graduates sue the University for not getting their money's worth. But there is another side to the financial story. The traditional sources of income may be shrinking; yet, hidden beneath layers of talk about inflation lie not a few smaller pockets. And where Harvard cuts corners--many of them sharply--it could be reaching deeper...