Word: dust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only an eighth of Californians were foreign-born. Mainly other Americans were drifting into Los Angeles. They came seeking respite from the Dust Bowl and Depression, or for a glancing try at Hollywood success. Since World War II, the mass of U.S. migrants has grown larger but less purposeful. Lately they have seemed to hanker not so much for jobs as for a sunny, sexy L.A. way of life, as have the growing number of French (55,000) and British (50,000) émigr?...
...dust of last fall's controversy seems to have settled. Next time Harvard plays at West Point, the Band will be allowed to perform, officials say. And next time Harvard plays anywhere, the Band will continue to conduct themselves a little better than usual, or at least a bit less like a group of animals...
...which harassed students across campus was an unprecedented rash of false fire alarms, the result of a new city ordinance which was timed badly for Harvard. The mandatory installation of more than 2200 smoke detectors in dormitory hallways at an estimated cost of $1 million started just as the dust from construction was beginning to settle--literally. Officials could only identify a small fraction of the roughly 55 dormitory alarms per month as construction-related, attributable to dust or vibrations...
...battle over DNA research taught Harvard a number of lessons. Even science has its obligation to deal openly with the public. I think all of us are better off for having fought that one out. And now that the dust has settled, I like to think that I can include Matthew Meselson and Walter Gilbert on my list of friends. I suspect that they feel the same...
...contra plan had apparently been to catch our caravan in an ambush and drive us down the road, where another group was lying in wait to finish us off. Fortunately, the trap was sprung before the convoy was completely inside. As the blood-and dust-covered bodies were carried into the hospital for last rites, administered by the town priest, a Nicaraguan television crew trained its camera on the four Americans watching the scene. Our interpreter, a young woman, broke down in tears and said, "I hate what your Government is doing...