Word: doored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guys next door is going to be running a summer camp for underprivileged orphans, teaching them how to read, write, and save the Brazilian rainforests...
...response from Adams House Master Robert J. Kiely '60, according to Del Deo, was "stunning": a key to the front door of Apthorp House, the Kielys' campus residence, and a room in the basement Del Deo could use at his discretion, 24 hours...
...question, however, that he leaves a physical legacy at Adams--the most obvious being the gloriously renovated dining hall, a project that was completed under his direction. Few know that it was Kiely who also spent years fighting vigorously for the glass-ceilinged private dining hall next door. After several architects, Kiely finally found one who thought the challenge of enclosing the space in between two Adams structures was doable...
...entire life, Dervis Audaja, 54, lived on the same block in the Kosovo city of Pec, developing close friendships with his neighbors, a mix of ethnic Albanians and Serbs. Now all that is gone forever. Early last week Serb paramilitary units drove into his neighborhood, went to the door of every Albanian home and gave the residents 10 minutes to pack their belongings and go to the Korza, the city's main square. From there most of the crowd of 15,000 were herded into the local sports stadium, where they spent the night in silent fear, half expecting...
...next morning, the Serb police told the Albanians they could go home safely. But by then most of their houses were in flames. Audaja's home was already ashes; still, he was determined to stay in Pec. He moved in with relatives next door and asked his Serb neighbors for protection. "I asked them, 'What have I ever done in 50 years that would make you burn my house?' They told me it was outsiders." But by Tuesday, more Albanian homes were burning, and Serb soldiers lined the hills surrounding the neighborhood. Audaja, his trust shattered and his possessions gone...