Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walk both began and ended on the Boston Common. A large tent and various staffed tables for check-in, first aid, foot massages and T-shirt and sweatshirt sales greeted the walkers with applause as they returned from the 10-kilometer course around Boston...
...organizations range from groups concerned with the environment, groups concerned with the homeless, groups concerned with the third world, and groups concerned with nuclear weapons," said David Stuart, spokesperson for and board member of Peace Action. "All of the groups share in the common cause of a future in which all of the people of the world may live in peace and justice, and all nations may learn to resolve their differences without resorting to violence...
Houses don't really provide a place to "hang out," precisely because people don't take the idea of the-house-as-a-community seriously enough. Senior and junior common rooms are usually booked by groups a week in advance--which excludes students who want to socialize there. In fact, some houses don't even have T.V. rooms...
...proposals for the student center are facilities which the houses either are or should be offering--namely, grills, rehearsal space, common rooms and an atmosphere in which students can interact with faculty without feeling self-conscious. Setting up a student center would merely detract from the camaraderie and community spirit which the houses should foster. Instead of designing an inadequate, poorly-planned "student center," the University should try to revive the neglected house system...
...missiles, the former Kabul University theology professor met with Jamiat commanders in Panjshir's bomb-scarred villages. Rabbani told TIME that he thought it unlikely that elections could be held soon after Kabul falls. "It is important to establish a government on the basis of the vote of the common people of Afghanistan," he said in a bow to principle, "but under these conditions an election is not simple. It may even & be impossible. If so, I see another solution, namely military administrative units strong enough to establish order and bring about the conditions for elections." Last week Rabbani assumed...