Word: roof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hopes for a roof over Harvard's newly opened hockey rink rose sharply yesterday when it was learned that John W. Watson '22 will contribute $100,000 to the fund drive...
Alexander H. Bright '19, head of the drive to build the roof, last night refused to comment...
...drive for the roof was started early last June, but was temporarily discontinued because of the lack of funds. Only $62,000 had been raised at that time...
Razing the Roof. He still had one item of unfinished business: revenge on the bazaar merchants, 80% of whom had cooperated with the strike. (The merchants dislike Premier Zahedi's government because many of them are no longer able to connive in profitable import deals.) In reprisal, the cops had painted identifying marks on the closed shops. When the merchants arrived to unshutter their shops on the next business day, waiting troops stopped them: "You wanted to close, now stay closed." Overhead, gangs of Dadsetan's men, armed with crowbars and picks, ripped up nearly 500 feet...
Although the Second World war made "walls with ears" a national cliche, it also cut the supply of recording disks, and the cloak-and-dagger atmosphere left the Clinic for good. The observation roof was wall-papered and the audio-lamp disappeared. Only the dining-room recorder, now covered with dust remains...