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Word: havens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those who have chosen exit from the mainstream schools have left Boston. The Latin schools have furnished a traditional haven for white, middle class residents and METCO, a program that voluntarily buses minority students to suburban schools, remains an option for thousands of blacks. Also, Boston, as might be expected of any predominantly Catholic city, has a significant parochial school system. Robert B. Schwartz '59. Mayor Kevin H. White's education expert, estimates that one-third of all white school-age children in Boston attend parochial schools. Nonwhites comprise only 20 per cent of the city's population, yet they...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: An Abandoned Ship | 9/24/1977 | See Source »

...strongest quintet of linksters in recent Crimson history uncorked five sub-80 rounds yesterday in the Yale Golf Tournament at New Haven, but were still trailing frontrunner Princeton by ten strokes after first-round play in the 36-hole tournament...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Linksmen Trail Tigers at Yale; Vik Shoots Pacesetting 74 | 9/24/1977 | See Source »

Walking out of one crowded lecture, an over-ripe freshman stated that he couldn't believe Harvard was like this. "Why, I haven't had this much fun since summer camp eight years ago," he said...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: A Sluggish Opening Day At Harvard | 9/20/1977 | See Source »

...your own conscience that you have to live with. I think we can get much too sensitive about these criticisms. You have to have your own convictions, and you have to have the courage of them. If you have that, then you should stay in politics. If you haven't, you ought not to be in politics anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Thatcher: We Shall Win' | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Campbell was not exactly overjoyed with the Lions' performance on Saturday but after absorbing 57-0 and 34-10 drubbings at the hands of Harvard over the past few seasons, Saturday's loss came as hard-won advance. "I haven't lost sight of any of our goals," Campbell said. "This is the first time we've played a defensive game against Harvard since I've been here...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Campbell, Sullivan and Forlini: Hope Always Springs Eternal | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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