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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flooded rivers, to boil maple sap, to do some spring cleaning (Vermonters say, with reason, "I'm going to hoe out my house"). It is a time to stand outside in fresh air hinting of the grass and lilacs to come, and to be hugely entertained by the sight of neighbors and innocent strangers dealing with...
...friends. To clutch a phonebook and express passionate concern for those listed is enough. If, God forbid, evolution accounts for changes in ideas as well as species, Jerry Falwell's fractured vision of a human community originated here. Individuals, the PTL people see their bank accounts filling in the sight of the Lord and rejoice. They can afford expectations...
...almost certainly much higher. It was only in 1980, when 125,000 Cubans set out for the United States in the "Freedom Flotilla," that Haitians began to be refused entry to America in large numbers. Observers attribute the change in policy to an American fear triggered by the sight of thousands of Black Cubans and Black Haitians at the borders. As Newsweek put it, "The suspicion lingers that if 15,000 white Poles fleeing the crackdown showed up in New York Harbour, they would not be shipped off to Krone or Fort Allen [two Haitian detention campa...
...choose to judge the University plans to slash down the ivy out of misguided budget-cutting or even lack of aesthetic appreciation for greenery. Surely administrators enjoy the sight of thick, flourishing ivy just as much as we do. Moreover, to borrow one official's famous sentiment, if the ivy does vanish, students will have to look at bare wills for only four years; deans will have to look at them for life. No, we are willing to believe that Harvard's leaders would not be taking out their clippers unless the ivy were seriously munching away at Harvard...
...getting hit on the head by a frisbee that makes springtime sports so much fun. There's also the challenge of putting on your sneakers, heading down to the river and wondering: Can I keep up a good pace through the house courtyard until I'm out of sight? Can I avoid being mowed down by over-zealous roller skaters? And can I hit the traffic lights at the right time so I can rest without feeling guilty...