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...consider the anti-expansion ordinance, though it did send a representative to testify in opposition at a committee hearing. And the University has said several times since that it will not suffer if the new law is passed by the council. "We have always abided by zoning regulations." Robin Schmidt, Harvard's vicepresident for government and community relations, said last year. But the message may have begun to sink in that the city aims to do more than merely include Harvard in its zoning, that instead it hopes to all but end the University's growth, Schmidt's assistant, Louis...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Shotgun Wedding | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...Terres wrote all the entries himself, a labor of 21 years, balancing the scientific and the popular, to please novice and expert alike. He updates ornithological subjects like mating. Some findings: scientists now call the hummingbird's brief passion "promiscuous"; birds fly by instinct, not parental instruction; a robin's natural life span can be as long as 11½ years, but its life expectancy, because of power lines and pesticides, is little more than one year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Extended Wings | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

Whether constituents agree with Reagan's plans or not, they are clearly stirred up and eager to sound off to their elected representatives. "The action out there is more than I've ever seen," said Republican Congressman Robin Beard after sweeping through the rural portion of his Tennessee district. "I have more people in my courthouse meetings than ever. They are concerned and worried and want to know what is going to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stirring in the Grass Roots | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...ordinance will require Harvard to pay a share of the review costs. Before that amendment was added. Robin Schmidt, the University's vice-president for community affairs, had endorsed the ordinance in a letter sent to the council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Extends Regulations on DNA | 4/28/1981 | See Source »

...soccer team. After a long-and potentially dangerous--winter of late-night indoor soccer. Harvard soccer players are off and running. This weekend, several players including JOHN LYONS, DENNIS PERESE, LANCE AYRAULT,and FRANK RICAPITO, head off a Wheaton College to compete and party at Wheaton's annual round-robin tournament. The Harvard squad is the defending champion, but will have to defend its title without varsity captain JOHN DUGGAN and former captain MIKE SMITH,,it doesn't really matter though,it's all in fun, just ask the Wheaton girls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arm Wrestlers Prepare; Buckley Awaits Draft | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

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