Word: coops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Life is pretty hectic for me now. Meandering through Harvard Square late at night, I keep a sharp eye out for martians ordering yogurt cones at Belgian Fudge, or hirsute werewolves hailing taxis in front of the Coop. Back at my room, I turn on the radio to catch any late news flashes--did Marie Osmond find a new pimple on her chin? Why has Farrah Fawcett stopped eating bananas? But unfortunately, the radio coverage isn't satisfying, so I head for bed and sleep fitfully, anxious to read the morning news and rediscover the fantastic world of events...
...temperatures reached the 40s, students' springtime hearts began to flutter. Candy stores, florists and the Coop stationery department bustled with valentine seekers...
From the beginning, the Claustre affair was one of the more bizarre, bungled diplomatic efforts in French history. Claustre was captured in the spring of 1974 while exploring pre-Islamic tombs with a young French coopérant -roughly the equivalent of a U.S. Peace Corpsman-and a West German doctor and his wife. In the rebels' attack, the doctor's wife was killed. West German officials quickly arranged a payoff for the doctor's return. Later, the coopérant escaped to Libya, leaving Mme. Claustre alone in the hands of a Maoist rebel leader named...
...every silver cloud has a dark lining. Professors complained of students gazing glossy-eyed out of the window while they delivered lectures, and extensive congestion resulted when everyone rushed to the Harvard Coop to buy rubber shoe covers for protection from growing puddles...
Sarah Mleczko's victory over Becky Chase of Williams resembled the Coop during the first week of classes--plenty of hard-charging, unorthodox action and frequent collisions. Mleczko hustled and dove amidst the oft-tossed racquet of Chase to win 10-15, 16-15, 16-15, 15-17, to notch the other Crimson decision...