Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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April 8--Three hundred sympathizers march at midnight to Pusey's house, and tack a list of six demands to his door. The demands include the termination of all ROTC contracts and their replacement with Harvard scholarships; no further Harvard expansion in Cambridge without the approval of two-thirds of the displaced tenants and adequate alternative housing; and immediate discussions to set up a Black studies program...
...other business, the council announced the extension of the hours of the Science Center's Greenhouse Cafe. The cafe will now be open until midnight on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings beginning April...
...ordered the wrong pipeline to be opened, causing a leak in the pipeline that ran next to Vila SocÓ. Investigators contend that Petrobrás failed to monitor a pressure buildup on the line and stop the leak. At the time of the explosion, shortly after midnight, gasoline had spread throughout many ditches of the shantytown, creating a liquid bomb that awaited only ignition. Petrobrás admitted human error in the accident and has agreed to pay hospital costs and damages for the survivors...
...week, representatives of the banks, the U.S. Treasury Department, the International Monetary Fund, Argentina and other Latin American countries were huddling in an effort to find a way out of the dilemma. At about 11 p.m. on Friday, 25 hours from the Saturday-midnight deadline, the U.S. Treasury announced a $500 million deal; it was the most unusual and complex rescue package put together since the debt crisis began in August 1982. Four Latin American countries provided $300 million to help Argentina meet its payments. The contributors included Mexico ($100 million), Venezuela ($100 million), Colombia ($50 million) and Brazil...
...something new." His albums continued to surprise by including songs that represented a large gamut of musical influences. His very proficiency made him seem timeless--it became hard to believe that anything would stop the continuing progression of successful Gaye albums, a legacy recently sustained by his Oscar-winning "Midnight Love." Hard to believe--as the evidence indicates--that the gospel-playing father who started Gaye's career would put three bullets into his son's chest, reportedly over "bad blood" between them...