Word: severances
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...University itself also got a new look as four Houses were overhauled, the year-long renovation of Sever Hall-one of Harvard's most widely used classroom buildings-was completed, and a tiny little guardhouse popped up outside Mass Hall...
Development fever spread even to stable, historic Harvard Yard. Sever Hall (7), which was built in 1880, was retooled at the price of $6.3 million. The aging facility, which was criticized for poor acoustics, noisy hunting, and deteriorating furnishings now sports air conditioning, an elevator, access for disabled students complete audio-visual capability and a library for the Extension school...
...think it's a completely ridiculous idea," says Benatar. "It looks to me like they're trying to re-radicalize Harvard. But they're going to do it at the expense of South African Blacks." She explains that because of Harvard's prestige, other institutions, and even countries might sever ties with the nation. This would lead to an economic depression which would spark a revolution before the Blacks were ready to take control of the government...
Efforts to sever U.S. connections with South Africa have been most successful over the past year in locations where national groups work closely with local groups in a community...
...isolated examples: even conservative estimates place the number of hazardous dump sites nationwide at 14,000. It is frightening to estimate how many people have come into contact with those toxins before they were discarded. And the medical repercussions are tragic: improper exposure has led to illnesses as sever as nerve damage, liver dysfunction's and cancer...