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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...city's opposition mainly concerns the MBTA's proposed "cut and cover" technique of constructing the underground portion. This method of digging through the surface and then covering the subway tunnel is less costly than boring through without affecting the surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Opposition Delays MBTA's Subway Addition | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

North Cambridge residents object to the surface portion of the line as dangerous and noisy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Opposition Delays MBTA's Subway Addition | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

Asked about the damage, Lester E. Gordon, director of the Center Development Advisory Service, said, "A good portion of the University's core library on underdeveloped countries has been destroyed...

Author: By Garrett Epps and Samuel Z. Goldhaber, S | Title: Police Seek Two Suspects In Explosion at the CFIA | 10/15/1970 | See Source »

...such grins occur as many as nine times per 1 ½ hours of sleep. By comparing the brain-wave patterns of normal, severely retarded, and premature babies, Emde found that sleepy smiles at this age are caused by an internal stimulus-the growth of the brain stem, a primitive portion of the brain not directly involved in sight or thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Why Babies Beam | 10/12/1970 | See Source »

...first portion of Jack giddily beats the old domestic horse which Albee buried in The American Dream. I found the surreal set gawky, and only slightly less distracting than the blue crustacean-like masks worn by Jack and his family. Everyone seemed too self-involved in being individually cute and grotesque; with six characters moving around in this manner on an extremely small stage, the effect is annoying...

Author: By James M. Lewis, | Title: The Theatregoer Jack, or The Submission/The Bald Soprano at the Old West Church until Oct. 31 | 10/7/1970 | See Source »

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