Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...school theatrical company before entering the priesthood) displayed a sure command of smile, gesture and wink, even capitalizing on his thick Polish accent to draw a laughing cheer by voicing admiration for Manhattan's "sky-scroppers." Then he milked the line a bit, as the laughter and applause rose, and pronounced the word in Polish and Italian. The humanitarian pastor delighted in the happiness of his flock, and he became one with them. Children were his special favorites, and he swept them up lightly in his brawny arms. When a young monsignor from Harlem bent to kiss his ring, John...
...about their business, waiting for construction to begin. But when the MBTA was forced to find an alternate location for its carbarn, nobody was selling. Almost a dozen neighborhoods rejected the agency's proposals, refusing to change local zoning laws. As each neighborhood turned the MBTA down, frustration levels rose, Crane says. By 1970, however, rounds of negotiations with Boston officials proved fruitful, a site was secured, and the state spent $53 million to transplant the yards...
...bring more tourists, scholars and cars into already-congested Harvard Square. "A distinction was made as to the relative attractiveness of a museum versus a library," City Manager James Sullivan explains. "From the beginning, the community was divided on the issue." During the early 1970s, tensions within the community rose steadily until a major fight developed...
...Rose Kennedy, 89, matriarch of the Kennedy clan; after undergoing surgery to repair an intestinal hernia; in Boston. "The operation went well," her physician reported. "She's a tough old gal. She was swimming just two days...
...bombing resumed on Dec. 18 and lasted for twelve days. The moral indignation rose with each day. The proposition that the U.S. Government was deliberately slaughtering civilians in a purposeless campaign of terror went unchallenged. Yet Hanoi radio, on Jan. 4, 1973, cited a preliminary figure of about 1,300 persons killed after twelve days of bombing; many must have been military personnel, for antiaircraft batteries were a primary objective. I received incredibly bitter letters from erstwhile friends, from angry citizens. (None of them wrote me in January when the agreement was reached.) It seemed to be taken for granted...