Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cambridge resident leading a campaign to close the Brattle St. Commonwealth Day School (CDS) has asked a county court to reconsider a Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) decision allowing the school to operate and expand...
Jackson was arraigned yesterday before Cambridge District Court Judge Arthur Sherman '50 and released without bail, according to court records...
...First Amendment, untouched for 198 years, is safe again. Ever since the $ Supreme Court ruled last summer that burning the flag was a form of political protest that was protected by the free-speech amendment, lawmakers have been posturing and pontificating on the issue. No one could forget that Michael Dukakis during last year's presidential campaign was outflagged by George Bush. The patriotic grandstanding was led by the President, who traveled across the Potomac to the Iwo Jima Memorial -- cameras in hot pursuit -- to denounce the ruling and demand a constitutional amendment. But when the proposal came...
Many hotels allowed the newly homeless, or those too frightened to stay in their insecure buildings, to camp out in their lobbies. At the darkened Stanford Court, complimentary caviar and smoked salmon were served by candlelight. The motive was not mere generosity: the comestibles would have spoiled without refrigeration. At the Mandarin Oriental, a manager explained, "We're doing our best to give our guests first-class comfort, even while bedding them down in the lobby." The expense-account Seven Hills of San Francisco Restaurant served a free sidewalk lunch to anyone who passed by. ) Bankers in three-piece suits...
...perspective to the Assyrian empire's brutish reputation. "What is surprising is the amazing variety," says Herrmann. "It is not just the gold, but the different colors and the use of polychromatic stones." Agrees Curtis of the British Museum: "It revolutionizes the idea we have of the Assyrian court. No one knew they ^ possessed this kind of wealth or that the craftsmanship could be so fine...