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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pressured into dealing with more than one "specific tenant" at a time. At the Craigie Arms apartments where HTU members have also played a leading role, the University has for more than two months been negotiating with about two dozen residents fighting HRE's attempt to convert the building into luxury housing. In return for moving out, the Craigie tenants are seeking future guarantees about Harvard's commitment to low and moderate-income housing. Apparently Harvard's "policy" of ignoring tenant groups is no more than a strategy that HRE believes is most likely to curb tenant input into decisions...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Heads May Roll | 3/12/1982 | See Source »

...soon found out, wasn't the only convert. Arnie flew out to Denver every week or so to look for oil and stayed in a condominium he and his business partner had bought there, and David drove to EI Paso every Monday to work in a Boy Scout camp. To get to the movies they drove at least three miles, and even though the Safeway supermarket was about a quarter mile from their home, they never walked. Liz thought nothing of flying to Shreveport, La., to visit friends from her temple youth group...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Car Wrecking Texas-Style | 3/9/1982 | See Source »

However, 16,000-square-foot astroturf, which can be mechanically retracted in half in hour to convert the Cage for basketball, most impressed baseball players yesterday...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Briggs Cage Doors Open After Five-Month Delay | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

Like most career women, Smith will return to work after a few months at home. Although she has not yet chosen a project, she is adamant about breast feeding on the set. "I'll convert my trailer into a nursery," she says. It may complicate her life, but Smith believes the enrichment outweighs the disadvantages. Says she: "I've wanted this baby for so long it wouldn't make sense to start complaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Baby Bloom | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...didn't have much to learn from, certainly not enough to crank up his famous stammer for." But Clare Boothe Luce was something else. At 46, she remained "drenchingly beautiful" and "slightly coquettish." Wilfrid was the son of Roman Catholic publishers, and Clare had become a famous convert to the Catholic Church. Religion was their touchstone, and at the Luce house in Ridgefield, Conn., she made him feel at home. After dinner with "Harry's power people," they would retire to his room for conversation. They talked about Robert Benchley and Noël Coward and the Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Woman of Serial Lives | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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