Word: makeshift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only time the 107-year-old Crystal Palace ever closed its doors was during Prohibition. At one time or other, it served as a makeshift movie theater and honky-tonk. In 1963 Wallace Clayton, editor of the National Tombstone Epitaph, and Partner Harold Love, along with two other investors, bought the place for $100,000 and spent another $100,000 restoring its original 1880s decor, including 20-ft. ceilings, swinging doors and frosted- glass windows. Now Clayton and Love's widow are ready to retire, but they say that the Crystal Palace is profitable. Local ranchers and tourists enjoy being...
...time president of the 40-member strong Conservative Club, Kashani was primarily responsible for building a Soviet gulag and a black tower in the Yard this spring, a few days after the the South African Solidarity Committee (SASC) erected a makeshift shantytown in front of University Hall...
Harvard still refuses to divest from corporations doing business in South Africa. Instead of making the morally right move, it hides behind half arguments and makeshift programs, saying that the University needs to maintain a voice in that nation. Well, why don't they invest more in such corporations and gain a larger voice? Because even the administration knows that would be immoral. Divestment is difficult and will require time and energy, but such is the nature of moral choices...
...letter released yesterday, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences expressed his regret that the students who built the Yard shanties have failed to respect the right of others in the University community by refusing to remove the makeshift structures before Commencement...
Even those lucky enough to have seats, however, are not guaranteed protection from the elements. The University provides a tent as shelter against rain or rays--but only for the dignitaries on the main stage. A brand new, 175-ft. tent covers the makeshift platform in front of Memorial Church where President Derek C. Bok and other VIPs will sit. The dacron bigtop is more than twice as large as the old canvas tent it replaces...