Word: rule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crusaders came back in the bottom of the ninth as Paul Stagliano hit a ground-rule double, moved to third on a single, and scored on Jack Sheehan's fly. John Dockery's throw from left field almost caught Stagliano at the plate, but the Holy Cross runner dove into O'Donnell hard enough to shake the ball loose--and knocked himself cold in the process...
...objective of the Free D.C. Movement was to demonstrate local residents' desire for home rule, and to find and isolate that part of the Washington business community which opposes home rule. To do this, it chose the tactics of boycott...
From the beginning, Free D.C.'s tactics were controversial. It threatened to boycott businesses which did not sign home rule petitions, send pro-home rule telegrams to the President and Congress, display Free D.C. stickers, and contribute to a pro-home rule fund. The demand for contributions was subsequently dropped...
Opinions differ as to the effect of the Free D.C. tactics. It is undeniable that the Free D.C. Movement has aroused enthusiasm for the home rule struggle among groups of people who could never have felt a part of the sophisticated intellectual activities of the Home Rule Committee. The Free D.C. campaign has also showing that the Board of Trade, so far from expressing the opinion of all Washtonians, does not even speak for all of its own members...
...opposed by a majority of RGA, and it also aroused considerable opposition in the college. Students primarily objected to a regulation requiring upperclassmen to obtain permission from their head residents if they wished to stay out later than 3 a.m. for more than three consecutive nights. No such rule had existed under the old system...