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...hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country...

Author: By Christopher B. Daly, | Title: The Peoples Bicentennial Commission | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

Wander down to the street, finally find the new station. Descend into the depths of Boston. Orange train arrives, uneventfully. Uneventful trip to Washington Street. Uneventful crush pouring out of Filene's Bargain Basement. But then, at last, a welcome return to the comfortable familiarity of the Red Line and Harvard Square...

Author: By William Englund, | Title: In Search of Oak Grove | 4/11/1975 | See Source »

...least 100 people have been reported killed in the crush at the precipitous Hai Van pass. A student and a policeman got into an argument and the student went over the edge, reported a New Zealand relief worker who interviewed refugees. One truck carrying at least 30 people was squeezed off the road and toppled over the precipice, which drops 1,000 ft. in some places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Refugees: 'We Were Scared' | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

...Iraqis would move against the Kurdish rebels with such haste and ferocity. At week's end Iraq, at Iran's request, declared a two-week cease-fire to allow dissident Kurds to leave the country. After that, Baghdad vowed, it would use every military force to crush the rebellion once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: Crushing the Kurds | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

...Harvard Trust getting longer and longer, stretching out into the Square--a massive crowd grasping for its money--so many jammed together that you can't turn yourself enough to see the face of the person behind you. But you take it, because after you can escape the crush and press of the masses and find open spaces like the Yard or the bank of the Charles, or go to your room and shut out the world...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Reading Between the Lines | 3/15/1975 | See Source »

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