Word: objection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Spaulding and Slye--a company that has been constructing a fourstory office complex next to the site of the tree at 1000 Mass Ave.--charged that the city exceeded its authority in trying to "to designate something other than a man-made structure or object as a landmark...
...politically savvy Eighth District, which includes Harvard University and M.I.T., may not want to elect a novice who might start campaigning for higher office within the year. They have grown accustomed to long-term representatives: O'Neill has served since 1952. The usually left-of-center district may also object to the neoliberal tone of Joseph Kennedy's announcement speech: "The days of taxing and spending are over," he proclaimed. "What's needed in Washington is . . . someone who knows how to balance the books, get action and utilize some creativity...
...size works to spare his subjects from condescension. These are not little cameos of dismay to be viewed at arm's length with the lips pursed. Facing figures of this dimension, hung so that their eyes are at or near eye level, the viewer feels himself to be the object of their scrutiny too. Confronted that way, one does more than take note of their mood. One tries it on, perhaps to discover the unsettled states within oneself...
...source indicated that the fairhaired Princess, object of desire for most men in the Western World, will probably take a job at Harvard or in the Cambridge area. The source mentioned a counter-job at Au Bon Pain and a position in Harvard's Expository writing program as two possibilities in Diana's future...
...ride to Logan, and as we were driving along the lazy curves of Storrow Drive, something large and yellow flashed by us, nearly knocking us off the road in its roaring wake. When I dared to get out of the fetal position and opened my eyes, I realized the object was an old school bus. The next thing I realized was that our spedometer was lounging somewhere between...