Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...University owns so much land that last year it created its own real estate company. Harvard's behavior as a landlord, however, has not been particularly exemplary. The University tried to use its rights as a large real estate holder (in the Square over 20 per cent) to block a proposal to limit the height of buildings in Harvard Square. The city filed a lawsuit challenging Harvard's move...
...sidewalk, greeting passersby and keeping an eye on the community. A fat man dressed meticulously in black stands guard outside his funeral home, keeping the parking lot clear for mourners whom he welcomes with just the right mix of reserve and geniality. A baseball game half a block off Cambridge St. is more an occasion for drinking Schlitz than playing ball, but abusing the ump is the favorite sport. "Only ump in the world with a seeing-eye dog," mumbles the pitcher loudly in the direction of home plate...
...busiest kid on the block is a mere...
Seemingly half a block long, the sleek, big car was as American as the Fourth of July. It captured Americans' expansive post-World War II mood and satisfied dreams of affluence. But demands for fuel efficiency and changing tastes have sent the regal road cruisers the way of the buffalo. General Motors shrunk its Cadillac Eldorado from 5,321 lbs. in 1976 to 3,897 lbs. by 1979. The Coupe De Ville also sweated off 900 lbs.; Chrysler stopped making any cars heavier than 4,000 lbs. last year. But Ford hung tough. Its 1979 Lincoln Mercury Continental Mark...
...been feuding before and after she knocked him off in a bitter and surprising primary last February. The confrontation took place when Byrne, who recently ordered an end to round-the-clock police protection for Michael Bilandic, his wife and their eight-month-old son, showed up at a block party in the Bilandic's Bridgeport neighborhood. Spotting her honor, whom Bilandic accuses of vindictiveness, Heather Bilandic rushed up to shake a fist in Byrne's face and scream "How dare you do this! What are you trying to do to my baby!" Byrne bristled, bit a normally...