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Word: pleased (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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In voting to accept the offer of an informal meeting, the council rejected the last-minute pleas of Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci that Bok appear in public rather than be treated "like some kind of prince."

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Council Okays Bok Offer Of Informal Discussion | 11/5/1974 | See Source »

What Southie never lost was its sense of solidarity and tradition. Unlovely as most of Southie's streets have become, the blocks of mostly three-story wooden houses are the only place many of its residents have ever called home, or ever wish to. Two years ago, when four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSTON: Why Southie Stands Fast | 10/28/1974 | See Source »

The past these slum-dwellers live in is a tenuous one, and as it is increasingly exposed to the pressures of industrialization prevalent throughout Latin America, it will be assimilated into the national, Western-like culture the cities represent. The children of the women who speak Indian tongues in the...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: The New American Dream | 10/10/1974 | See Source »

On August 15, 1974, two young men were shot to death on Mead Street. The killings followed months and months of harassment of the Price family by gangs of white youth. Mrs. Clorae Everteze, Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, Mr. Alvin Thompson, Special Assistant to the city Manager for Community Affairs...

Author: By Calvin Hicks, | Title: Racism and the Police | 10/1/1974 | See Source »

At the end of the third week of the dispute, schools were in session under the protection of sheriffs deputies. Miners began trickling back to work after two pleas by United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller that they accept the compromise settlement. Earlier, coal operators had voiced suspicions that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Battle of the Books | 9/30/1974 | See Source »

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