Word: placed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among its many virtues, From Beirut to Jerusalem shows why messengers from the Middle East who try to remain impartial will find many factions eager to throttle them. The place lives and dies on faith and mythology; a mere fact is useless, possibly dangerous, until it has been modified to fit within a dogma. Most of the region's bloodiest episodes during the '80s, the author argues, arose from failures to recognize complex realities...
Many companies cherish their place in the urban skyline, but quite a few others want to escape the high rents and downtown hassles. Sears said last week it will move the company's merchandising division, which has 6,000 employees, from the landmark Sears Tower in Chicago's Loop to a planned office complex in suburban Hoffman Estates (pop. 44,761). Dozens of cities and states had been trying to lure Sears, but Illinois and Hoffman Estates prevailed with a package of incentives worth $241 million...
Across the Charles, Blodgett Pool is the perfect place for doing a few laps. Try the Gordon Track and Tennis Center for doing a few laps on the track or playing a quick set or two. The Beren Tennis Center is another great place to practice your serve and volley...
...formed a few theories about Harvard that evening. For example, I decided that Pennypacker Hall--site of that night's big party--must be located somewhere east of hell. And I learned that the fishbowl room at Herrell's is NOT the place to go after seven shots of vodka chased down with warm keg beer...
...close to the Science Center--a building with a name that still conjures up visions of pain and death for me, but is nonetheless home to the greatest chocolate-chip cookies in the Square. Best of all, Holworthy was far from the Harvard Union--a bizarre place where students actually wait in line for crispitos and something called venerable vegetables...