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After the blaze, several prominent alumni launched a campaign to demolish the hall and replace it with a more usable building. President Nathan M. Pusey '28 publicly entertained the idea, but eventually decided against...

Author: By Joshua A. Gluck, | Title: 'Mem' And Its Long, (Still) Controversial History | 10/8/1994 | See Source »

Workers have been using two jack-hammers to demolish a thick concrete slab beneath the dining hall. During Wednesday's question-and-answer session, discussion was punctuated by vibrations and loud hammering from the basement beneath the dining hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Construction Hubbub At Eliot House to End | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

...would be nice if "Schindler's List" could be all the things that people want it to be--a shocking portrayal of the Holocaust in all its atrocity, a movie that will reach every person in America, a film that in one blow will demolish all ignorance about the Holocaust...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: A Victory for Remembrance | 2/8/1994 | See Source »

...must demolish the barriers ofdiscrimination that have trapped people in pocketsof poverty," said Cisneros. "People who are lockedinto difficult situations by forces they cannotcontrol cannot empower themselves...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Angell, | Title: Cisneros Urges Grass Roots Change in Govt. | 11/23/1993 | See Source »

...Abkhazian drive succeeds, it could mark the beginning of the ultimate dismemberment of Georgia as other ethnic minorities, bent on fulfilling their own dreams of independence, followed suit. Equally menacing to stability, an Abkhazian victory would demolish Shevardnadze's credibility as the only leader capable of holding the country together. That danger prompted him to issue a televised call to arms, appealing "to all men with guns to go to defend Sukhumi." Together with his physician, cook and the rest of his personal staff, Shevardnadze headed for the embattled city, pledging to remain with the defenders "until the last drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siege of Sukhumi | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

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