Word: patriotic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...committee's quick approval seems likely to be repeated by the House as a whole, but the bill will probably face stiffer opposition in the Senate where. Harvard officials privately hope, legislators are somewhat less prone to showboating and somewhat more tired of the Patriot's continual pleas for a stadium. This may not be enough to assure the bill's defeat: Senate President Maurice Donahue may well decide to push hard for its passage, in order to embarrass Gov. Sargent - no friend of Donahue's - by forcing him to veto it or back down from his previous opposition...
...Patriot's president does not explain why his organization cannot raise funds as other businesses do, but he points out that public funds are hard to raise because 50 per cent of the city's land is tax exempt...
...finally, the Patriots' dubious rapport with Boston College last year, which was hardly suitable for a team that is lucky to have any stadium at all to play in, should make Harvard hesitate to form an alliance. On several occasions, Patriot coach Clive Rush openly insulted the College and its administrative abilities, and once, before a flock of Boston sportswriters. Rush insisted that he would have BC hockey coach Snooks Kelley fired because the latter's Sunday hockey school was disturbing him as he attempted to address the press in the BC rink...