Word: candlelight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was also a forlorn note to Tuesday night's protest, deepened by the occasional echoes of the conventions of 1960s protests. In that era, and as recently as the 1978 candlelight march protesting Harvard's South Africa-related investments, demonstrations sprang from a current of altruism. Today, as students devote ever more energy and time to the pursuit of their own advancement up the professional ladder of their choice, the weak sparks of protest spring instead from self-interest...
Before that, it had been a week of tributes. Radio stations from New Orleans to Boston cleared the air waves for Lennon and Beatles retrospectives. In Los Angeles, more than 2,000 people joined in a candlelight vigil at Century City; in Washington, D.C., several hundred crowded the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in a "silent tribute" that recalled the sit-ins of the '60s. Record stores all over the country reported sellouts on the new Lennon-Ono album, Double Fantasy, their first record in five years, as well as the back stock of Lennon's previous records...
...dozen freshmen enjoyed a candlelight dinner with tablecloth and wine at the Union. "We're getting ready for the game," Sarah J. Albee '84 said last night...
...Milk cow by hand, now lawn with manual mower, cultivate garden with handplow, become independent of gasoline driven machine, substitute candlelight for electricity...
...Middlebury (pop. 7,000), a calendar-picture college town nestled in the heart of Vermont's richest farm land, the old school spirit prevailed. Middlebury College students ate their evening meals by candlelight and the townsfolk gave away tickets for a regular Friday-night football game to those who had turned off their lamps and television sets. A community cookout followed the game-over wood fires, naturally. The elderly warmed their feet by keeping time to a fiddlers' contest...