Word: crowded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stripes -- at Alabama's state capitol in Montgomery. For black Alabamans, however, that bit of pre-emancipation nostalgia is not an endearing sight. Last week, Representative Thomas Reed led 13 other black legislators in an attempt to scale the capitol dome and strike the rebel colors. Before a crowd of 2,000, some shouting "Nigger go home!," state troopers arrested the group for trespass. Later, the Alabama house, voting 67 to 17 along racial lines, defeated a measure to remove the flag...
...exchange missives with far-flung operatives or to read the latest word from their Washington offices. When a blizzard last month prevented Robert Dole from attending a town meeting in Alexandria, Minn., the Kansas Republican called the meeting hall from the telephone in his chartered jet and addressed the crowd by speakerphone...
...could build a wonderful life with her; he is absolutely certain of that. They could pass delightful days discussing the netherworld of basketball arenas, talking of crowd control, relish, ramps. Or would it be better to start life over again with the lady cop in the subway? She looked mighty fetching in blue. A life of summonses and judo. Or the solemn woman at the rent-a-car counter? A prospect of long nights spent writing their initials inside little circles. The cashier at the A&P? The jogger with the Westie? The Captain confesses that he is much taken...
...Clay, a band made up of three Harvard undergraduates, performed last Wedenesday at the club before a sellout crowd of 150 people. During its set, the band played a cover version of the U2 hit "With or Without You" and a new Sting tune called "Rock Steady." The group also showed off some of its original melodies, including "Deep Blue Glow...
...Captain Diana Edge, Harvard's number one player and a three-time All-Ivy selection, was presented with the coveted Betty Ritichie Award--an honor symbolic of an all around outstanding person in women's intercollegiate squash--last Sunday....Swimmer Scott Jaffe astounded the crowd at the Princeton and Harvard swim meet last Saturday with a record setting performance in the 200-yd freestyle. Jaffe's 1:36.72 in the 200-yd. freestyle established a new Harvard record as well as qualifying him for NCAA competition. The old record was set by Bobby Hackett in 1981 and, fittingly, Hackett...