Word: dorms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who hoped to ignore the law quickly set a precedent earlier in the term when they were caught drinking in a dorm room. Although the Summer School's Administrative Board--which handles all disciplinary problems--allowed the students to finish the summer term, it imposed an 11 p.m. curfew...
...Likud's Begin who launched a major settlement plan after taking office in 1977. His aim was to create "facts on the ground" that would guarantee that Judea and Samaria, as he preferred to call the West Bank, would permanently remain in Israeli hands. Apartment complexes, looking like college dorm towns and housing 400 families or more, sprang up on once bare hillsides. Couples faced with paying $85,000 for a two-bedroom apartment in Jerusalem could buy the same home in the West Bank for as little as $55,000, complete with a government-subsidized mortgage. As a result...
...their Lionel experience, almost everyone begins by offering an opinion of Larry. In addition to serving as proctor and taking pre-med courses, Larry spent much of the year as a founding force behind the Committee on Central America (COCA). Everyone agrees that Larry had a huge influence on dorm life, but no one agrees how. The words that emerge from people's descriptions of him range from "Mentor" to "Moonie," from "inspiration" to "brainwashing...
...Carol. "Mary and I used to joke about crossing eating and sleeping off of our list of things to do." Fernando remembers that this interest in Latin American causes extended even to Lionel residents who were not very active in COCA. "I think a lot of people in the dorm were socially aware. Even if they didn't do a lot of the work, they at least wore the buttons and showed up at the events...
...different from them, this describes virtually every moment of life in Lionel, from talking politics to arguing over which channel to watch. And at the very least, the legacy of Lionel is having spent a year living with 18 of the most diverse people ever to live under a dorm roof. "When I run into anyone from Lionel, even though they may have changed, I still feel I can have a real conversation with them," Mary says. "I know more than just their face--I feel I know them. "It was Harvard at a dangerous voltage, good while it lasted...