Word: held
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Admitedly, these tactics should be held in reserve as a last resort. But contrast them with the "last resort" Council Chair Kenneth E. Lee '89 offered you--a boycott of this spring's housing lottery. This wouldn't accomplish a damn thing, except leave a lot of freshmen looking for affiliated housing in the fall. You should not run from the housing lottery--if you consider yourself a true activist imbued with a revolutionary "student consciousness," you should seize control...
...students, the shortened shopping period is a logistical nightmare. Last term, undergraduates officially had eight days to test the waters, but classes actually met on only five of those, with many not convening on Friday as well. In addition, those lectures that were held often ran short on space and syllabi, making it impossible for students to receive an adequate impression of the course. Toss in a major Jewish holiday on Wednesday, and the result was pure chaos...
...There is just an attraction, an intriguing quality to Gorbachev that you have to answer somehow," said the official, who participated in most of the meetings Baker has held on his trip...
...perfectly still in the softly humming chamber. The dogs are bathed in a mysterious yellow light and surrounded by a Noah's ark menagerie of other perfectly serene-looking pets, all of which would probably be at one another's throats if still alive. A chipmunk, its tiny paws held out as if to receive a nut, is standing in front of a cat, which in turn is crouched beside one of the Dobermans. Farther back in the chamber the second Doberman is surrounded by some small dogs and dozens of cats, cockatiels, cockatoos, snakes and lizards. In their freeze...
...Governor will, inescapably, weigh the political fallout either way he goes. Once again, a capital case and a person's fate will be determined by a politician with a partisan agenda. In 1984 North Carolina Governor James Hunt was waging a fierce battle for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms. Meanwhile, another political battle was raging. Velma Barfield, a matronly grandmother convicted of murdering her fiance while under the influence of drugs, was scheduled to be executed around election time. Barfield had won the sympathies of religious and political leaders all over the world because of the circumstances...