Word: boston
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UNIVERSITIES SHOULD, by their very nature, be strongholds of free thought and free expression, where neither students nor professors can be made to toe the line by an intolerant administration. Boston University (B.U.) is seeking to fire or suspend six tenured professors in an apparent effort to stifle activism and dissent at the university...
Most of the pieces of equipment will come from two major companies in the Boston area, Nordell said. Nordell would not disclose which companies were supplying the merchandise. Janus said that although the ski team began work to eliminate a $20,000 debt three years ago, it has never undertaken a commercial venture on this scale before. She added the office of Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, approved the sale about ten days...
...second, I flip around twice, no parachute. Two seconds, I twirl twice, still no parachute. Three seconds, I plummet, forehead toward the earth. Four, my harness tears at my hips and chest, swings my feet above my head. The parachute glides above me. The earth is a gray mound, Boston glimmers on the horizon. I make out a small rectangular building surrounded by dots, a small field and then trees and lakes. The air swirls silently. A band of trees approaches but I glance once more to the parachute, the sky and the horizon. The stiff branches of the trees...
...Boston Police Commissioner Joseph Jordan organized the Community Disorders Unit to deal with cases of crimes with racial motives. Roach said. Jordan said he also supported a recently passed bill that sets severe penalties for violations of civil rights...
...problem is that the Eagles are still testing their new wings. At their early-October Boston Garden concerts, they included only four of the new songs in their two-hour sets: "In the City," "I Can't Tell You Why," "Heartache Tonight"--a cut with an irresistable, pulsating beat and torchy lyrics--and the title track. The disjointedness of these four songs, especially when interspersed in the bloc of old classics, underlined the group's growing pains...