Word: cement
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School students, faculty, and staff use the public tunnels to travel underground from building to building. Laundry rooms. Coke machines, and bathrooms dot the yellow cement-brick walls, and the steam pipes far above are barely noticeable. People pass through unconcerned by the strange clicking noise can be heard coming from the pipes at intersections. Decorative flagstones pave the floor in some places...
Second, the election of the divestment candidates would help cement the advances made last year by Seidman, who won election despite considerable and unethical opposition from the University itself. If outside candidates prove successful this year as well, a precedent for dissent and minority representation will be set. Harvard should discontinue the practice of nominating "official" candidates for the board, allowing any interested alumni to collect the necessary signatures and face the scrutiny of the electorate rather than the administration. A vote for the outside candidates equals a vote against the Corporate practice of in-house nomination...
...space, lit by a single bulb, which he shares with 19 others. A coal-burning stove provides the only heat in winter and helps dry the rows of fetid clothes that hang on string lines. The miners sleep on pads on top of grimy two-level cement-slab bunks and store their possessions in small wooden lockers. One of Olebogeng's roommates was still there, packing T shirts for his two young daughters. "I'm gone so much, I'm surprised they recognize me," said Miyo Molale. Another miner, Philip Moshigo, was even tying up a double bed and mattress...
...Washington. He arrived Aug. 2 with some disquieting news: his Iranian contacts had lost confidence in their ability to sway the Lebanese extremists; getting the American hostages released would not be so easy. At the same time, the Iranians were worried about their own vulnerability; they needed arms to cement their position. McFarlane was uneasy about the idea of shipping U.S. arms to people the American government had no contact with except through Kimche. Well, Kimche replied, suppose Israel shipped the arms and asked the U.S. to replenish Israel's stocks? Said McFarlane: "David, let's not kid ourselves...
Master Aloian helped to create the kind of house community from which everyone associated with the house benefitted. Under Aloian's direction, the courtyard was transformed from a post-modern cement nightmare into a grassy, comfortable meeting place complete with lawn furniture. He bought a VCR for the house, which any student can use and encouraged students to use the Junior Common Room--whether as TV room, dance hall, meeting room or art gallery...