Word: bra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spokesman for the Harvard News Office yesterday termed "absolutely false" the BRA's claim that the University had planned to purchase property in the North Harvard area for a soccer field...
Last Friday, the BRA defended its controversial project as a means of stopping Harvard from buying up the land and turning it into a soccer field. "When Boston politicians and public authorities get in trouble, they like to throw the blame on Harvard," William H. Stiles of the News Office said last night. "The University makes an ideal scapegoat," he added...
...attempt to challenge another of the BRA's claims, two North Harvard residents scheduled for eviction today offered to pay, their back rent ($414) last Friday. The BRA has stated that it is evicting residents "for failure to pay their rent...
James Wheelis '64-4 said yesterday that he had offered to pay his back rent if the BRA would agree to stop the evictions. "They said that they would take the money, but they refused to waive their right to evict," Wheelis said...
Admitting that "I can't think of anything in modern times that has caused more anxiety than the BRA," Lally declared: "Urban renewal calls for the sacrifice of poor people and it is not possible to work with the poor without disturbing their status quo, but in the long run it does the most good for the people who need the attention...