Word: mems
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Student opposition came after it became apparent that the MDC plan would destroy the sycamore trees which line Mem Drive. In May 1964, 1000 students took to the streets, blocking traffic on Mem Drive for more than an hour while they shouted "Save the Sycamores...
Remember the Maine, remember Woodstock, "re-mem-mem, re-mem-a-member...
...growing suspicion that mem bers of the herpes family of viruses may play a role in human cancer (TIME, April 23) was heightened even more last week by the revelations of a noted medical researcher. Dr. Albert Sabin, developer of the live-virus polio vaccine, told the National Academy of Sciences that the herpes simplex Type I virus (responsible for cold sores) may also cause cancers of the lip, mouth and throat, while the herpes Type II virus (which causes genital infections and has already been associated with cancer of the cervix) should also be considered suspect in other cancers...
...cars; adequate commercial frontage must be provided for visitor services. Inclusion of some taxable property, such as apartments, is desirable; proper pedestrian access to Brattle Square is a must; and some way (such as an overpass) for visitors to get to the Charles without being run down on Mem Drive would certainly be nice. All these objectives are within the realm of possibility if the City doesn't play politics and if the Kennedy Corporation doesn't arrogantly ignore the needs of the City...
...locked doors also present a real fire hazard that hasn't been examined. In the interior courtyards of Winthrop House, for example, a key is necessary to get into any entry, even those leading to the street. With the gates to Mem Drive chain locked, a fire in the middle of the night could leave many disoriented people trapped and roasting in the courtyards...