Word: priore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Charles River Watershed is suing the DPW on the grounds that the department did not thoroughly examine alternatives to Scheme Z prior to drafting its final report on the Central Artery Project, said Karen Pelto, the group's environmental affairs coordinator...
...emerges with new power and credibility; any pledge it makes to defend an ally or oppose an aggressor means far more than such a promise would have meant prior to Jan. 15. But the U.S. also urgently needs to define George Bush's vision of a new world order. To what extent is America ready to assume the role of world policeman? More specifically, under what circumstances might it -- and some of its allies -- again mount a military effort comparable to the one in the gulf? Certainly that cannot be done in response to every case of aggression anywhere...
Katz's thesis might be enhanced by some institutional memory. A prominent academic who was a former president not only of Harvard but of The Crimson, James Bryant Conant '14, was a leading advocate of Universal Military Training prior to and during Korea. He objected to student deferments urged by many academics, politicians and college students. In his memoirs, Conant characterized deferments as "undemocratic...and would establish a privileged class." Since not every able-bodied young person was ever needed, Conant supported a random lottery "in the interests of fairness...
...Prior to the start of the season, people speculated that the Crimson might got a bid to the NCAA tournament. After a shaky start, however, that talk ended as it became clear that Harvard would have to concentrate first on capturing the Ivy crown--which it was unanimously picked to win a pre-season poll...
...materials gathered for Visible represent an exceptional resource at Harvard. Prior to this project, there was hardly any documentation or criticism on visual art by "lesbian artists" available for researchers. The financial sponsors and especially Women's Studies and Open Gate: A Fund for Gay and Lesbian Life at Harvard, supported this project because they understood that Visible (slide-show, soundtrack, display of printed works, discussion groups, and eventual archive) would make a lasting contribution toward an understanding of the various political goals of those who in all their diversity identify themselves as "lesbian artists...