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Word: mock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the gray skies and occasional downpours, 300 protestors bused out one late April Sunday to Southboro, the site of Harvard's Regional Primate Center. They spent the afternoon in a mock funeral procession--coffin and all--for the animals they said were poorly treated inside. The demonstration was timed specifically to coincide with similar protests in three other American cities and 10 other countries. But for Massachusetts highlighted a growing general public concern about scientific research, and increasing pressure for government to control...

Author: By Seth A. Tucker, | Title: Just a Little Nervous | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...That key word in the Harvard vocabulary last year sparked a maelstrom of mock controversy and media attention. When officials announced that the green growth would have to go to make way for wholesale refurbishing of the aging Houses, students protested and reporters from around the world zoned...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Life Among the Scaffolds | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...tagging along at any GOP functions he could get into. In 1976, he supervised the township youth campaign for a U.S. Congressional candidate. Elliott's man lost but took Bremen by a wider margin than he received in his home township. "The first big break," the senior recalls with mock seriousness...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Small Town Boy in the Big City | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

...questions.... Respondents generally agree that women should have equal opportunities and be equal in all spheres, but 14 percent think that "women will end up with things they don't want--too much equality" and one-third (34%) agree that "there is such a thing as too mock equality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 21 Student Projects Win New $1500 Hoopes Prizes | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

...questions.... Respondents generally agree that women should have equal opportunities and be equal in all spheres, but 14 percent think that "women will end up with things they don't want--too much equality" and one-third (34%) agree that "there is such a thing as too mock equality...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Saints, Proust and Baseball | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

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