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...Outrageous and deplorable conduct." "The height of hypocrisy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Outrageous | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

Solzhenitsyn did not stop to celebrate. The wary ex-prisoner had only one thought: to get more of his work published, a play produced, a screenplay made into a movie, before a shift in policy halted public discussion of the Gulag. When invited to a Kremlin reception at the height of his official favor, Solzhenitsyn made a point of wearing worker's garb and a much patched pair of shoes to remind the Soviet leaders that their guest was a Gulag survivor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Battle Plan of a Rebel | 6/9/1980 | See Source »

Proponents of height-limiting "downzoning" along Mass Ave and adjoining side streets told the council they feared that without it large-scale development would soon destroy old residential neighborhoods...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council Tables Downzoning, Asks Mass Ave Compromise | 6/3/1980 | See Source »

...doctor measured my height and announced that I was shrinking. 'Oh that's too bad! I can't afford to lose an inch, or even half and inch!' 'Cheer up,' he grinned. 'All your friends are shrinking...

Author: By James N. Woodruff, | Title: Commencement Day 1930: Old Notes and Bad Food | 6/3/1980 | See Source »

...City Council tabled the issue last night, after it appeared neither the developers, who favor a zoning proposal to allow greater height, nor the local residents, who fear a "canyon of buildings," had enough votes to win a council fight...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council Tables Downzoning, Asks Mass Ave Compromise | 6/3/1980 | See Source »

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