Word: siting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...North Yard has been the traditional site of battle for overworked freshmen since the 19th century, when unthinking architects built Thayer--right on top of Holworthy's polo field...
...show of regional loyalties, Quincy residents urged the MWRA to put the dump on Boston Harbor's Spectacle Island, while South Boston residents--who said they lived down-wind from that site--strongly criticized the proposal...
Proponents of the island site noted that it is uninhabited and farther from residential areas than other proposed locations, such as the General Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy. They also said sewage could be brought to the island through underwater pipes, and would not need to be trucked overland...
...even consider Spectacle Island," countered South Boston resident Andy Donovan. "I think Quincy should make an effort to clean the harbor up. I smell something real sour in [Quincy politicians'] efforts to push this site...
...regain the Ryder Cup it lost two years ago at the Belfry Club in England to Spain's Seve Ballesteros and Germany's Bernhard Langer, the foremost golfers in the world. This time Captain Jack Nicklaus is optimistic about the Yanks' chances. Australian Greg Norman is neutral, and the site, Nicklaus' own Muirfield Village course in Ohio, is particularly unfamiliar to the foreign players. The annual Memorial Tournament there regularly conflicts with the British P.G.A...