Word: grayness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation yesterday elected Paul E. Gray, MIT's chancellor since 1971, as the MIT's 14th president...
...gray, drizzly dawn breaks a little ominously. The Boston Common, almost always busy with some activity, is strangely calm early Monday morning except for the muted chatter of the National Guard MPs and the demanding squawk of their walkie-talkies...
...gray, and the breath of the guardsmen steams in the chilly air. But the military on hand know the bleak and hushed atmosphere will not continue long. The white altar, red stairs and yellow flowers, in the floodlit center of the Common, belie the spectacle that will take place in 15 hours. The Pope is coming to Boston, and the city readies herself...
...stickers, decals, ribbons, and anything else they can find. It is about 1:45 p.m., and the line-up begins. Cameramen use their tripods and lenses, some big enough to polevault with, to clear away the opposition. But the Secret Service is checking all bags. We descend two very gray, concrete flights of steps and peek out into the mist. God is spitting on Logan airport as we find our places and, like everybody else, go running for the front row. They're not checking boarding passes...
Excavators decided to core the well when a test core taken last Thursday revealed that the small artifacts in the well did not merit costlier hand excavation, Gray C. Graffan, project archeologist at the institute, said yesterday...