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Word: halle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Organizers said they expect more than 150 dancers to fill Memorial Hall for the the 12-hour marathon, which they said might raise as much as $12,000 for Phillips Brooks House Association and other public service groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Alexis de Tocqueville neatly outlined every consequence of randomization 133 years ago in his immortal Old Regime and the French Revolution. As the book clearly shows, randomization could be the crucial step that turns University Hall into the greatest center of despotic power since the Parisian mob stormed Versailles...

Author: By Zachary M. Schrag, | Title: The Old Regime and Randomization | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Eliot Master Alan E. Heimert '49 has described the administration's actions as indicating "that the houses will be run from University Hall." His colleague, Adams Master Robert J. Kiely, agrees, saying, "Harvard is a very undemocratic place. Deans want to centralize even more...

Author: By Zachary M. Schrag, | Title: The Old Regime and Randomization | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Just substitute "provinces" for "houses" and "Paris" for "University Hall" in the first statement, then switch "Harvard" and "Deans" to "France" and "Bourbon kings" in the second...

Author: By Zachary M. Schrag, | Title: The Old Regime and Randomization | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Right now, we all love our house masters, for we respect their dedication to improving our lives. But if, as Master Heimert predicts, the houses are to be run from University Hall, won't the house masters become as much of a "meaningless anachronism" as the French aristocracy...

Author: By Zachary M. Schrag, | Title: The Old Regime and Randomization | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

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