Word: boarded
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...helm, the BSO attains a balance that might seem impossible for other contemporary symphonies--a balance between high sales in tickets and high quality in programming. The process of choosing a repertoire can be as political as it is musical, an inimical intersection between the vision of a governing board concerned with fund raising and a conductor concerned with musical integrity. But Ozawa's long tenure offers some relief--and a certain degree of autonomy. When the spry conductor leapt onto stage, the applause he received was as breathless as for a rock star. This applause was not of adulation...
Indeed, Bennahum describes how the social and familial element of computers took off in the early 1980s, a movement similar to how the Internet and email have revolutionized communication in the 1990s. Underground BBSes (bulletin board systems), which were most times run by people out of their homes, contained illegal software to download. The precious phone numbers of these BBSes were passed around among friends in a sort of Underground Railroad of computer users. His high school computer lab was a close-knit community where more experienced users shared their knowledge with younger users eager to soak up their expertise...
...committee will next meet in December to discuss the feedback on the proposal. At the College Board's February regional meetings, the organization will then decide whether or not to implement the changes...
According to the Town/Gown report given to the Cambridge Planning Board by Harvard Planning and Real Estate, only 250,000 square feet of new construction is currently in Harvard's pipeline. That figure compares with, according to the report, more than 2.5 million square feet completed in the 1960s...
...second half yesterday, including two in the first 14 minutes, Harvard broke a trend that has burdened it all season--an inability to turn its numerous scoring opportunities into tallies. When a goal by senior Naomi Miller late in the first half finally put the Crimson on the board, it opened floodgates that had remained shut against lesser teams than the Northeast Conference-champion Lady Blue Devils...