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...cadres in one district made villagers hand over their registration cards and cut them in two, keeping the half bearing the name. The message was terrifyingly clear. Still, U.N. observers believe the Khmer Rouge to be a much weaker force than generally assumed -- capable of terrorism but unable to mount large-scale assaults...
...Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, account for this ostentatious tone by noting that the Committee on the Core had met with God, on Mount Sinai, before disseminating this truth to students...
Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd of 250 at the Gutman Conference Center, Beverly Tatum, a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the department of psychology and education at Mount Holyoke College, said "success-oriented behavior" should not be perceived as "acting white...
...yells over to the attendant, "get her a car, huh?" The doorman flicks on his walkie-talkie and calls for a car. A minute later, a limousine pulls up, and the door opens. Someone else says, "Her" and points to me. So I get in. The limo rolls down Mount Auburn street and stops in front of the Lampoon Castle (rented for the evening), where a few of my 'poonster acquaintances are loitering. The driver walks around to open my door, and I step out as a camera shutter fires...
Tommy's Lunch has hardened the arteries of Harvard students for more than 25 years. The Mount Auburn St. eatery was home to many specialities--egg creams, lime rickeys and frappes, not to mention hamburgers, fries and grilled cheese sandwiches...