Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...traced the history of The Times from its purchase 100 years ago by Adolph Ochs, who was Jewish, through its grossly negligent coverage of the Holocaust during the Second World War, to the notable presence of Jewish columnists and other writers at the paper today...
...what price out books? Many of the books printed on "acid paper" in the 19th and early 20th centuries that are housed in Widener library are decaying due to the lack of climate control in the library. According to Harvard College Librarian Nancy Cline, "We're baking those books.... We're not providing [the books] the proper level of stewardship...
...very concerned about the "acid paper problem," as Widener's current predicament is often referred to, because every book that is left to turn into dust represents a piece of lost heritage that will never be recaptured...
...acid paper problem is not new. Scholars and librarians have known for years that the poor quality with which books were printed for much of the last two centuries would eventually leave us with a heap of dust. The question now is what to do about...
...There are Harvard people on the Board, Harvard faculty wrote in the paper and Harvard students are involved in public service programs working with Spare Change employees," she said. "There was interest across the board in the Harvard community...