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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Boston City Council voted down both a permanent and a one-year moratorium on condominium conversion yesterday, and instead sent the issue to a council subcommittee for a report.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Boston Council Votes Against Law Halting Condo Conversion | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

Councilors cited legal confusion and broad language as reasons for voting down the plans.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Boston Council Votes Against Law Halting Condo Conversion | 11/29/1979 | See Source »

THOSE WHO WORRY about the future of opera look to film the way Great Britain viewed the United States during World War I--as a sleeping giant whose enlistment would surely break the stalemate. Harried impresarios hope filmed opera's wider audience will keep money flowing down the gaping drains...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Donning the Screen | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

John Silber is never one to back down in a confrontation. Cool, brilliant, and articulate, he fires verbal salvos with wilting accuracy--he once described faculty activists as "coffee house unionists" and reminded a student union president of his "pimples."

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: John R. Silber: War and Peace at Boston University | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

The Globe's inventory--usually about a month's worth of paper--dropped drastically, Giuggio said. "We were down to about a week's worth of paper," he added.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Paper Drought Plagues Boston Papers; No Space for Golden Anniversaries | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

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