Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arboretum's land--265 acres that are three blocks from the T's Arborway stop on the green line--is owned by the city of Boston but is leased by Harvard for the nominal fee of $1 per year. The property houses more than 7,000 kinds of trees, shrubs and other plants...
...drawback to the process is that it requires electrodes made from the rare metal palladium, which is commonly used as a component of dental fillings. Palladium doesn't come cheap. Before the cold fusion breakthrough, it sold for about $5 million per ton, and the price is now rising...
Cotton said that crime rates are usually given in crimes per 100,000 people. "Colleges don't come in units of 100,000," he said...
...Elis gained two seats on the start, speeding at 45 strokes per minute to Harvard's 40. But the Crimson pulled even 300 meters into the race and edged out to a two-seat lead by the 500 meter mark...
...Yale] handled [the rough conditions] better than we did," Davis said. "They were able to handle it, and keep up to 38 [strokes per minute], while we stayed...