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...used to think of myself as a tall oak tree progressing in a long and inexorable line toward the sun. I had important goals in my life, goals which gave me direction and which I hoped someday to reach. I could look down from my lofty height at the stages beyond which I had progressed. I could also look over at my friends, each with different interests, but each pursuing their individual goals along lines similar...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: You Can't Go Home Again | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

...result, the seismic waves, though diminished in intensity on their trip from the coast, were amplified in the city's sediment foundation. Many tall buildings in the densely populated metropolis may not have been built to rigid quake- resistant standards. Indeed, some turned out to be just the right height to vibrate or resonate sympathetically with the frequency of the seismic waves, thus shaking with greater vigor than other buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of an Earthquake | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...Crimson clearly missed Singh, both for his height and his direction on offense...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Lions Sting Booters | 9/21/1985 | See Source »

...classic New Deal argument, movingly spoken. But Cuomo took it too far...he evoked a nation reminiscent of 50 years before, at the height of the Depression, an America remembered from his own childhood. The scenes he described were distant from the lives of ordinary suburban Americans of 1984. The depression he so piously depicted seemed all but impossible in a modern prosperous welfare state...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: An Insider's Election? | 9/19/1985 | See Source »

There's more. Down at City Hall, Harvard has consistently used its muscle as Cambridge's largest landlord to oppose new zoning petitions designed to limit real estate development. Even when the community's best interest is at stake, Harvard has pursued its own agenda and systematically opposed height restrictions and preservation measures in Harvard Square. Last spring the University even thwarted a legislative effort to require commercial developers to build low income housing in the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stop Bullying | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

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