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...world's oldest inhabited cities, Syria's capital, Damascus, has at one time or another been a seat of empire, a center of learning and a provincial backwater. Today it is a rapidly growing city of 836,000, devoted mostly to its ancient pursuits of buying and selling and its somewhat newer ones of government and administration. The Suq Hamidiyeh, the city's famous central market, is built around the columns and arches of a Roman temple to Jupiter. Surrounding it are other suqs with countless hundreds of tiny shops offering everything from Persian carpets and Damascus...
...rose in an effort to shake theirs. In Greece, the indomitable courage of students and workers undeterred by repression and torture brought down one dictator, though a more efficient one took his place. The ten-year independence struggle of Portugal's African colonies sparked revolutionary change within Europe's oldest dictatorship--change that isn't over yet, change whose unexpected depth and growth is testimony to the survival of people's love for freedom even under the most secure constraints...
...careful study by a committee, the administration figured out a way to justify construction of a new freshman dorm in the face of a shrinking incoming class and overcrowding among upperclassmen. Von Stade sent freshmen a letter asking for volunteers for a second tour of duty in Harvard's oldest dormitories. As combat pay, von Stade offered them guaranteed affiliation with one of their top-rate Houses and the pick of accommodations in the Yard...
...shocker. Something else has changed. Something that just never seemed possible to an eight-year-old starry-eyed kid or, for that matter, a Harvard graduate of 1923. Harvard Stadium is changing, too. Grantedit's not that noticeable yet, but the country's oldest college stadium is beginning to show the wear and tear of its long life and many years without renovation. There are even those who say that the old structure may have to be condemned in the near future if something is not done ot keep its iron beams from sagging and rotting and if its toilet...
...oldest of the Nieman Fellows at 39, Matthews said his biggest scoop was the first major ITT story in August 1971. The article linked an antitrust settlement in favor of the ITT with conferences ITT executives had with Nixon administration officials...