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Because the university is constantly working to build up a reservoir of good will in the city, both the commercial and social sides of Providence respect Brown. Administration and Faculty never hesitate to move in when they can be of use in a civic problem, and Brown often co-operates with local citizens' groups to bring cultural and political events to Providence...
...reportedly filled in these fields with compressible slag after a flood in 1956, the fill has sunk so far into the former tidal area that drainage pipes, 30 feet apart, are almost literally supporting the entire area. Instead of allowing rainwater to drain off, the silt serves as a reservoir where seagulls have been known to nest...
...University will lease the Reservoir land, between Sacra- and Garfields Streets, to the bridge YMCA for use as a super- playground, it was learned replay...
...immense importance as consumers. Adolescent purchases now total $10 billion a year and the average teenager has $500 at his disposal annually--four times as much as in 1945. Quoting a trade journal, Packard suggested that "teenagers do not respect authority but do respect advertising." They constitute a great reservoir of gullibility, he maintained...
Crimson hockey suffers from a disease that afflicts few other sports at the College--an overabundance of good, consistent athletes. The Freshman team contributes even more to the reservoir...