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December 1, 8:33 p.m.--Police arrested Robert P. Mastrangelo of Arlington, Mark S. Roust of Cambridge, and Gary S. Taylor of Cambridge, for trespassing and possession of marijuana. An officer noticed the three men standing at 22 Plympton St. and informed them that the area was private property. The next time the officer passed the address, the men were allegedly still there and smoking "a controlled substance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Blotter | 12/5/1981 | See Source »

...next Faculty meeting, his sensible brethren broadened it to include other "harsh instruments." And in 1969, when students finally got sick enough of the Establishment/liberal hypocrisy that allowed ROTC to stay on campus training bomber pilots, they took over the main administration building. Not only did Harvard officials roust them in a bloody pre-dawn bust, the also battled each other to see who could mouth the most pomposities about "academic freedom" and "free and open scholarly debate." Less than a year later, the Faculty followed their lead, passing the "Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities" and setting up a commission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bad Book | 8/14/1981 | See Source »

...were no longer content with messages of support from the City Council. Members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) captured University Hall, the campus' main administration building, and stayed there overnight until a coalition of police from Cambridge, neighboring towns, and the state evicted them in a bloody roust that set off a massive student strike. By the summer of 1970, the violence had proliferated, and protesters smashed windows and set fires throughout Harvard Square...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: From Settlement to City 350 Years of Growing Up | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

Irving and Hughes soon began their real working sessions in Irving's hotel room on Nassau. Hughes regularly arrived at Irving's room at 4 a.m. Irving had to roust his wife up and get her out of the room before Hughes would enter. Over the next eight to ten days, according to Irving, he conducted five long taping sessions of up to four hours each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECCENTRICS / Rashomon, Starring Howard Hughes | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

...says. Corey's classes got her stage roles in Moon for the Misbegotten, and An Enemy of the People. Equally important, her cousin David Bennett, a fellow Corey student, appointed himself her unofficial protector and promoter. He turned up at her apartment early in the morning to roust her out for auditions. "David, David," she would say, "I don't wanna go, David, I'm fat and ugly, David, and I don't even want to be an actress." David refused to listen, and Sally's auditions eventually led to a couple of featured roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Barge Is Sailing Along | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

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