Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They will eschew what they call "the bankrupt New Left technique of single issue organizing" in favor of linking the war to a variety of local problems--welfare, inflation and particularly Cambridge's shortage of low-income housing. They hope local residents will then organize to solve these problems and, at the same time, express their opposition to the war. The details of this organization are still vague, but members of the group have suggested putting pressure on the Cambridge City Council to pass a rent control ordinance, and beginning a weekly newspaper to compete with the Cambridge Chronicle...
Mezzo-soprano Mary Devenport was a disappointment. Her German was garbled and her voice murky, sounding more and more constricted as it rose in pitch. Her singing was four-square and monotonous, and she had the deplorable habit of sliding from high to low notes. The best one can say for her is that she has a fairly rich and well-controlled lower register...
...Judge then branched out to attack the United States Supreme Court's leniency towards alleged obscenity "At our humble and low level, this filth doesn't go," said Adlow. "Who's getting excited about the Supreme Court? Thank God the people still maintain standards in the community...
...applicant from a Southern high school, for example, solicited reports from two teachers. "I believe he is a deserving student," one wrote. The admissions committee reads that 10,000 times a year, Peterson says, and "it's hard to keep listening." The other teacher wrote, "Despite his humble and low-class origin, it is clear that he has somehow developed the manners and behavior of a young gentleman." The boy was admitted, despite an academic rating...
...preferences. The new system is meant to eliminate the old House popularity contest, yet still follow preferences as far as possible. Apparently, the Committee on House Assignments was satisfied that is what happened last year, and the Committee should be congratulated for ending one of Harvard's many low-key debates...