Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard student whose family emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1979 said that she would definitely participate in the protest. Julia Fayngold '91 said, "On a personal level I feel that I have to go to try and help gain the release of others who can't leave. If things like [the demonstration] did not happen then my family would probably still be there...
Below, pandemonium was erupting. Heavy smoke cascaded down into the labyrinth of tunnels, some as far as 200 ft. below street level, quickly overwhelming people. "There was thick, black, choking smoke everywhere," said Railway Guard Doug Patterson. "It was impossible to see anything." Passengers aboard trains still pulling into the station pressed their faces to the windows and squinted against the smoke, spectators to a nightmare. Recalled Leroy Bigby, 23: "I could hear people screaming and running in every direction...
More than just the stock market took a dive last month. Housing starts plunged by 8.2% in October, to an annual rate of 1.5 million, the lowest level in more than four years. Economists blamed steep mortgage rates, which rose from a national average of about 9% in January to nearly 12% by Black Monday, Oct. 19. Since the stock-market crash, mortgage rates have dipped to just below 11%, but that does not guarantee a quick recovery in the housing market. One reason, aside from the fact that many potential customers suffered big paper losses in the market meltdown...
...Concentration is a mental part of the game," Dale says. "[My Crimson teammates] have played a lot more soccer at a much higher level. The mental part of the game is something I feel I can add," Dale says...
Dale, a Seattle native, finds it amusing that he's the only player from his successful youth program to continue soccer at the college level. He's kept playing because "it's fun." He "had a great time" listening to the crowd cheer during Harvard's 5-4 overtime victory over Princeton...