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Asking Harvard to keep the character of the Square in mind is probably a futile plea. But the Square is largely the University's responsibility, and Harvard should act to ensure that places like The Book Case and Reading International don't suffer under its miserly demands for money. Otherwise, Harvard Square's transition from funky hangout to yuppie hell will leave us with nothing more than one giant franchise. Shoppers will stop making the trek to the Square and all area establishments will suffer...
...master's legitimate daughter. But after the Civil War, she must leave and fend for herself. Light-skinned enough to pass for white, she is caught between two worlds. A white man proposes marriage, then rapes her when she reveals her parentage; a black woman, responding to her plea for food, throws a plateful on the ground: "Eat that, white bitch!" She has a child by a black laborer (Dennis Haysbert) who walks out on her. She moves in with a pair of religious-fanatic spinsters who try to take away her baby. Later, bitter and near a breakdown...
...demarche in Kinshasa, demanding that the President abide by an earlier commitment to transfer power to a transitional government headed by Etienne Tshisekedi. But Mobutu rejected the ultimatum, and its authors evidently plan to back it up through new economic pressure rather than by force. Despite an open plea by Tshisekedi for military intervention, about 700 French and Belgian troops sent to evacuate non-Zairians have begun to withdraw...
Most anyone referring to Valentine's Day will tell you sappy tales about romantic evenings or fourth-grade kisses behind the oak tree. Some will plea for pity because they haven't ever had a date. It's safe to say that your average American male will always manage to blurt out one story or another...
...grand jury won't buy a plea bargain on toxic dumping...