Search Details

Word: mem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...threw eggs at me like I was a peasant," Nhu complained, "but Harvard was incredible." And in May 1964, Harvard saw its first semi-political riot in years: police used dogs and clubs to break up 1500 demonstrators trying to save 70 sycamore trees, slated for replacement by a Mem Drive underpass at Boylston Street (the plans were later revised). Of course, it was only semi-political: the next week, Harvard students swelled the ranks of the 100 demonstrators against a ban on elevator riding at the Chandler School for Women in Boston, chanting, "We want dogs!" John U. Monro...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: A History of the Strike | 4/10/1974 | See Source »

...Robert J. Williams, 45, one of the three staff psychologists. Williams is a member of what he calls the Gardnerian sect, an occult paganistic group that worships a two-headed, male-female godhead and performs some of its ceremonies in the nude (and refers to both male and female mem bers as witches). After the Wichita Eagle and the Beacon ran the story last November, Superintendent Kenneth Oliver was not exactly bewitched by the revelation. He fired Williams, arguing that the psychologist had lost his credibility with the convicts and could not treat them effectively. Moreover, Oliver added, the psychologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Bewitched and Bothered | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

ATLANTA. The inauguration of Maynard Holbrook Jackson, 35, as the first black and youngest mayor in the city's history inspired at least one departure from custom. In days gone by, mem bers of the tightly organized Atlanta power structure and their families and friends could comfortably accommodate themselves in the 200-seat aldermanic chamber. This week more than 6,000 people from all parts of the city were due to fill the 4,600-seat Civic Center auditorium and adjacent rooms to see Jackson, white City Council President Wyche Fowler and 18 city councilmen (nine white, nine black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: New Men for Detroit and Atlanta | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

When Bennett first introduced his PSRO plan, the A.M.A. opposed it - just as it had long opposed Medicare. With the Medicare defeat fresh in its mem ory, the A.M.A. hierarchy decided to string along with PSROS but to try to get the law amended to relax some provisions that it considers onerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Patients' Rights and the Quality of Medical Care | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

...best symphony in the world, and no one expects it to be. But this does not excuse their frequent drowning out of Starker. The acoustics of Sanders Theater leave much to be desired, but HRO is no newcomer to Mem Hall. Conductor James Yannatos was lax in regulating the orchestra's volume...

Author: By Charlie Shepard, | Title: The Two Faces of Janos | 11/7/1973 | See Source »

Previous | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | Next