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Word: downs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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The area began to take on its present character in the late 1880's when Professor Channing Eliot Norton, then owner of the Shady Hill estate, subdivided much of the land surrounding it into 10,000 acre lots and sold them to Harvard professors, who then settled down and built...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: 15 Years Later, They're Still Fighting Over What to Build on Shady Hill | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

To date. Wiggins says. the revisions in plans have not been enough to get anticipated rents down to the level Faculty members would like. Harvard is planning for the project to be fully tax-paying and self-supporting so, aside from the construction savings, the only possible savings are in...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: 15 Years Later, They're Still Fighting Over What to Build on Shady Hill | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

"The announcement of this grant for an illusory conversion is the apotheosis of M. I. T.'s attempt to head off our movement." an NAC spokesman said. "Miller himself is down on the idea, both because he thinks it's a sop to radical students and because it is financially...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: M. I. T. Labs to Continue War Research, Says NAC | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

Of course, when it comes down to signing the contract, there is no mention that the purchaser is doing anything other than buying the items listed. The testimonial letter is not mentioned at all.

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

But they're not so stupid. Almost everybody manages to prevent the insistent Colliermen from getting in his door, despite a sales talk designed to make it as difficult as possible for a family to turn down the company's "offer." A person who started listening, liked what he saw...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

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