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Word: obtainment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...situation on Brattle Street is equally gloomy. The use of amplification by Cambridge street musicians is governed by a Catch-22-style clause in the Cambridge City Ordinance which states that a musician wanting to use amplification must first obtain permission from the DTP. Since the DTP stubbornly (and I mean with hostility) refuses to grant such permission, a street musician using amplification along Brattle Street risks harrassment, arrest, fines and permit revocation. [In my case, the Cambridge Police have repeatedly shut me down and threatened me with arrest when I've attempted to perform on the traffic island between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Luke Speaks | 4/22/1988 | See Source »

...conjunction with next week's national Gay Lesbian Awareness Days (GLADS), Defeat Homophobia plans to tableat dining halls to distribute an educationalsurvey and obtain student signatures on a petitionsupporting the group's demands, members of theorganization said at yesterday's planning session...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Council May Consider Anti-Homophobia Bill | 4/6/1988 | See Source »

...ballot, candidates go through aprocess where they fill out a resume form and canbe nominated by a group of five student and fivefaculty stockholders that includes Dean Archie C. EppsIII. If not nominated, candidates can obtain 100signatures of Coop members to be eligible for thevote...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Coop Mails Ballots for Board | 4/5/1988 | See Source »

...ranging from radio ads to subway placards, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service is pushing hard to convince illegal aliens that they should take advantage of a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Under a program mandated by Congress in 1986, they must move soon to apply for amnesty and obtain permanent-residence status. The deadline: May 4, though the Reagan Administration has extended by 60 days the period for submitting documentation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration: Stumping for Amnesty | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

Whites rarely go to black neighborhoods; in fact, until recently, whites had to obtain a permit to enter a black township. The visit to Mamelodi was attacked by Ed Cain, director of the right-wing United Christian Action, as "designed to promote Marxist doctrine." But in Smith's view it was designed to promote understanding. The visitors saw a township where many of Pretoria's black workers reside in tiny four-room houses under the nighttime glare of powerful arc lights. "It gives the impression that someone is watching them day and night," said Louis Fourie, a white participant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Fellowship Amid Turmoil | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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