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