Word: camel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Darryl Williams, a student at Jamaica Plain High School, was shot at Charlestown High School during a football game. There has been a continuing pattern of racial violence since school started, Terry Tirrel, an organizer of the event, said yesterday, adding, "The shooting was the straw that broke the camel's back...
Whatever the reason, Harvard's decision to contest the overlay "broke the camel's back," Bernie Flynn, administrative assistant to Danehy, said later. Within a week, the letter to the Board of Overseers decrying the "consistent poor judgment and insensitivity" of Harvard was signed and mailed out. Two weeks later, the City Council decided after heated debate to contest the overlay ruling. "As of now, the overlay is in effect with six votes backing it," City Manager Sullivan said. A court challenge to the seventh vote provision began two weeks...
...congested, noisy city, sometimes even a small increase can be the straw that breaks the camel's back." Wylie said. "The noise does make people nervous," Wylie added, saying he had recently received several phone calls complaining about flyovers...
...more or less serious candidates. Chief Burning Wood, an "honorary" Hopi with "some" Delaware blood, will soon be on the political warpath in company with his dancer wife, who performs with snakes around her neck. A Tennessee preacher promises to walk the length of New Hampshire with a camel. A more pragmatic Indian also is scheduled to walk through the state-on snowshoes. Benjamin Fernandez, a Californian who wants more private-sector loans to small business, will be on the ballot, hoping to attract New Hampshire's nearly nonexistent Hispanic vote. A maker of stuffed frogs from New Jersey...
...coach Frank McLaughlin about the technical foul straw that broke the Crimson camel's back last night before 8759 screaming South Carolinians, and you'll probably hear a very hoarse explanation for Harvard's 85-71 loss to the unbeaten (4-0) Gamecocks...