Word: ruckus
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...Phillips Brooks House, instrumental music, interest and academic clubs; affiliate--the drama club, political groups. The Crimson, Friend of member--the Outing Club. House musical and theatrical groups No women--the Lampoon, the private clubs, and, I believe, the Advocate, which, however, would publish Radcliffe writing. There was a ruckus my sophomore year over admitting girls to full-membership in the Dramatic Club Full membership was turned down (the movement was led by boys and girls), despite the talented and committed group of girls in the productions. We had very high standards and were critical of slip-shod effort...
Lost in the ruckus was Lamm's original intent: to call attention to the alarming fact that "medical science is replacing God in deciding when we die," and to encourage discussion of the implications. "We can prolong our lives a few months or a year, but at what price?" Lamm asks. The Governor insists that he did not intend to endorse mercy killing: "In euthanasia, somebody else makes the decision. [ am merely saying people have the right :o die without medical science intervenng." In addition, he notes, the "falling leaves" metaphor was an attempt to paraphrase an article...
...verdicts were handed down against two of the defendants, Daniel Silva, 27, and Joseph Vieira, 28. Local news organizations-many of which have assigned women to cover the trial-have kept their reportage generally restrained. But an interview with Defendant Victor Raposo in the Boston Herald has caused a ruckus in and out of court. When Reporter John Impemba questioned Raposo for three hours last August, he worked for the Standard-Times in New Bedford, which declined to publish the story. In February, Impemba was hired by the Herald, and within a week the story was splashed on Page...
...Reagan Administration can regain its full credibility only by ensuring that investigations go forward. If there is housecleaning to be done, the President has already demonstrated-most recently in the EPA scandal-that he can do it, however reluctantly and unapologetically. He stands by his characterization of the ruckus as "much ado about nothing. " But Reagan has already said what Richard Nixon could never quite bring himself to say about Watergate. Promised Reagan: "If, when the investigation is over and the truth is known, it is necessary to correct that statement, I'll correct it." Even if Reagan...
...Democratic Club published its newsletter. Perspective, once this year, with articles focusing on the Chicago mayoral victory of Harold Washington, the ruckus at the Environmental Protection Agency, and the deteriorating right to abortion...