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Dennis Intravia, one of the inventors, said yesterday that the steel alloy used for the locks has to be softened when it comes from the mill. The material was developed originally for government use and when hardened is impossible to cut, Intravia said...
...Press conference held by PALC and Afro in the Cambridge Community Center, (2) PALC and Afro attempted to enter Massachusetts Hall to confront Bok, and a "mill-in" was staged in University Hall, (3) as a result, a meeting was arranged for the evening of February 24 between Bok, other officers of the University, PALC, and Afro. Bok stated that the University would study the issue more thoroughly...
...early days read like a bad Theodore Dreiser novel in their unequal mating of ambition to mediocrity. In high school he rated run of the mill as a student. The caption under his yearbook picture read: "An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow." Witcover reports: "Classmates still scratch their heads over what that might mean...
...Mass Hall break-in as unexpected as University Hall. For almost two months, Afro and PALC leaders had contained their frustration with the Administration's refusal to meet their divestiture demands. The idea of a building occupation had been considered on several occasions; the first mill-in in University Hall on February 24 very nearly became a takeover. In a meeting there, demonstrators voted not to hold the building, and since then similar votes or caucuses had decided to put off any occupation until Harvard made a decision on divestiture...
Protest over the Gulf issue began on February 24, when PALC and Afro sponsored a temporary mill-in at University Hall. The two groups charged that Gulf, through its investment in Portuguese colonies in Africa, "facilitates the daily slaughter of Africans" and that "Harvard is deeply implicated in this crime." Harvard owns 683,000 Gulf shares worth $21 million...