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...Yard will remain the domain of Harvard freshmen only, and Radcliffe freshmen will have the choice of living in coed or all-girl dormitories at Radcliffe...
American politics in general, and Massachusetts politics in particular has always been as much a series' games as anything else, and last Tuesday's committee hearings on the bill take over Harvard Stadium by eminent domain were no exception. This time, the game was "Save the Patriots-Get Harvard," and many a politician played it with gusto...
...Harvard can think of to say 'no' for seven years... Now I'm not here because I'm a friend of a lot of the Patriots, although I am and believe them to be respectable people- good, clean Americans. . . If it has to be taken by eminent domain, TAKE IT because we're not going to lose the ball club out of this city. . those people are not gods over there...
...enough to assure the bill's defeat: Senate President Maurice Donahue may well decide to push hard for its passage, in order to embarrass Gov. Sargent - no friend of Donahue's - by forcing him to veto it or back down from his previous opposition to using eminent domain on Harvard Stadium...
...bill were to be approved by Sargent, it could still face a court fight. Massachusetts eminent domain law requires only that land be taken over for a "public purpose"-a provision which the bill's sponsors try to cover by saying that the Stadium could be used for high school teams, speakers etc. Harvard's lawyers could decide to challenge this public purpose in court, or argue that certain provisions of the state constitution exempt Harvard from eminent domain proceedings. Even if the University lost a court battle, by the time the Commonwealth was legally able to take possession...