Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proposal is in the form of a House bill before this session of the state legislature. The bill would return to the zoning control of the City of Cambridge a plot of submerged land along the Cambridge short south of the Longfellow bridge...
...more than one bar-tender told me, it was taboo in recent years to discuss matters of politics in public, for one never knew when his remarks might be overheard by a chivato (informer) and construed as being unfavorable to the ruling dictatorship of Juan Batista. Life was short and the end unpleasant for the few bold Cubans who dared to be so outspoken. But now the carabets are alive with gay music and singing...
This argument, however, is short-sighted, for it assumes that missiles can be used practically only as defensive weapons. But until a disarmament agreement is reached, missiles and nuclear bombs are also, by their very existence, instruments of aggressive diplomacy. If both sides concede that total war would be cataclysmic, a sizable advantage in weaponry enables one side to push its case much more firmly. A weaker opponent cannot rationally afford to meet his opponents' raise, especially if each side knows the other's hand. If the Soviets can marshal a substantial missile margin they can force peripheral issues...
...Arts Center site, currently a swamp, is on Soldiers Field Road, a short distance past Harvard Stadium. A 1600-seat tent theatre and an art gallery will be erected there by this summer, and an opera house is planned for the future...
...margins, and now stands with a 7-7 overall record. The explanation for the poor performances of late can be largely attributed to one factor--bad shooting. Against Yale on Saturday, for example, the varsity hit for only 33 percent from the floor, most of the shots taken at short range, and a meagre 35 per cent from the foul line...