Word: contender
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...final club members devise a set of standards for consideration and admission into their social fraternity. If one does not meet these standards, he or she is simply not considered. I'll contend that this is social exclusivism and yes, a brand of elitism. To say that they are not as just a part of the Great Clubbie Whitewash. The clubs are, I believe, a type of escape hatch from the "fractured" nature of life in Cambridge. This is not an evil thing, it is natural to want to be with people with whom...
...rent control as long as the apartments go for rents that are above an arbitrary limit. The clause was originally intended to deny rent-control protection to affluent tenants, who, it is argued, can shift for themselves in their plush penthouses. But high-rent living, the Task Force members contend, is not the same thing as luxury living, especially in Cambridge. Students living together near their schools, people who are looking for extra security in one of the nation's most dangerous cities, all deserve protection from sudden and costly rent hikes and arbitrary evictions, they argue. Whether...
...meeting, police ordered them to disperse. They refused, and riot squads began lobbing tear gas and smoke bombs near-some say into-the church. In panic and anger, the crowd spilled out of windows and doors. The police shot into the crowd with small arms and machine guns; they contend that the workers attacked them. As news of the dead and wounded spread through the city, hundreds of people rioted, tearing down traffic lights, breaking shop windows and building barricades...
...have used UHS birth control facilities, said they detected a preference, conscious or otherwise on the part of UHS doctors to prescribe the pill over all other methods--especially if couples are living together. Students who staff Room 13, Harvard's most informal dispensory of birth control information, contend that getting the "facts" all depends on which of the 15 internists a student happens to see. They say that the methods favored vary with each doctor...
...return to a primitive "New Testament" brand of Christianity. With apparent success, they forbid drinking, drugs and premarital sex. Thus far, they may have made more enemies than converts. Their hard-driving proselytizing has led to arrests for harassment and obstructing sidewalks. Lately, they have had vigilantism to contend with as well. On Feb. 12,.four carloads of teen-age toughs invaded the sect's center in Wilkes-Barre and went on a rampage. They tossed furniture, spread garbage, and broke most of the windows in the place. Two days later, other raiders devastated a Family house in Scranton...