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Some observers say the change has already begun, and a comparison of two recent Harvard property deals may show the shift. One case--7 Summer Rd.--is a textbook example of what some see as the old don't give-'em-an-inch Harvard attitude; another--the development of a vacant lot on Mt. Auburn St.--may indicate a new willingness to work with and listen to the neighbors...
...came to Harvard to play football and study--its the best school in the country, and if Yale were better I'd be there," the 6 foot 2 inch Winthrop House senior says. Chapus ended up running track at Harvard by sheer accident. On the freshman football squad he played various positions and considered himself the proverbial jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none...
...Darrell Wiggins, 48, was every inch a button-down banker. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the senior vice president of Houston's Allied Bank of Texas (1980 assets: $1.3 billion) presided soberly and quietly over the bank's 15-man international division. But by night, the portly and bearded Wiggins moved onto a faster track, barhopping along Houston's nightclub circuit, where he showed affection to his favorite topless dancers with $100 tips...
After opening the abdominal cavity with an incision of about six to eight inches, the doctors made a careful inspection to see if the twisting bullet had damaged any major blood vessels or organs. There was special concern that it might have hit the pancreas, which produces digestive enzymes that can dissolve tissue and, if they leak out, cause severe inflammation. Fortunately that vital organ escaped damage. Then the doctors ran their gloved hands along the entire 20-ft. length of the small intestine and the 5 ft. of large intestine. Typically this inch-by-inch examination is repeated...
...plan not only ignited protests from senior citizens' groups around the nation, but finally gave the badly bruised Democrats in Congress a battle they could enthusiastically join-and perhaps stand a good chance of winning. Proclaimed House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "I will be fighting this every inch of the way, and I hope that will be the position of every member of my party...