Word: motionful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Miami Beach-an island that can easily be closed off against mischief -thus becomes the first city since Chicago in 1952 to play host to both party conventions. The city is not exactly ecstatic over the honor. Only some vestige of civic duty (and whiff of profit) carried the motion in the city council by a scant 4-3 vote to invite the Republicans. The loyal opposition included the Chamber of Commerce and the Community Relations Board, who fear a seven-week encampment of antiwar protesters spanning the time from the Democratic opening on July 10 to the scheduled Republican...
...short of the needed two-thirds majority. Albert H. Gordon '23, president of the club, agreed that indeed that was no way to treat the ladies and promised another vote whould be taken soon. The Board of Directors of the Associated Harvard Alumni, embarrassed by the incident, seconded his motion on Tuesday...
Duehay had planned to introduce his motion requesting Harvard to cease construction and abandon plans for its parking garage at the corner of Broadway and Felton Street, but the meeting adjourned before his proposal was considered...
...action at the Council meeting last night, a motion appropriating an extra $3000 to the Mayor's account for the "National Search for a City Manager" was passed 5-4. This sum is in addition to the $5000 already spent on the search...
...difficult at best and David Bartholomew did not do a great deal that was original or exciting. Most ensemble movement consisted of describing circles in the middle of the stage; and intense drama was more from Daponte's libretto--such as the Commendatore's duel--than from directed motion...