Word: beech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year old beech tree across from the Orson Welles Theater on Mass. Ave. is at the center of an ongoing tug-of-war between a local real estate developer and the City of Cambridge...
...council was acting on the prior recommendation of the city's Historical Commission to save the Houghton beech tree, located between Harvard and Central Squares, from the bulldozer's path...
...been telling you, I fear that my fervent belief in the goals of the Beech Society is no longer matched by enthusiasm for its brutal and unsubtle methodology....I long to compete on the fields of mental battle, far away from the sordid and unhealthy aspects of cross-burning and rock-throwing....What was your PSAT score...
...tell you how excited I am about your news....I have always admired the John Beech Society for its dedication and idealism, and although I cannot subscribe to more than a piddling few of their tenets, I can't think but that such an organization could provide you with just the sort of Gemeinschaft you've always sought...
...Mass. Ave. specimen is the only survivor among three beech trees originally planted by Henry Houghton. A major figure in early Cambridge history, Houghton was mayor in 1782 and president of the Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company. Wellons said that Houghton's colonial Cambridge home was torn down by a developer...