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...nonsense effort to crush the stubborn remains of the "democracy movement" that had flourished in 1978 and 1979. Most of the activities, particularly putting up posters on Peking's "democracy wall," had already been banned by the party in 1980. Several of the liberals' most articulate spokesmen were arrested that year, including Liu Qing, deputy editor of the most widely circulated underground journal, April 5th Forum...
Other neighborhood spokesmen noted that Harvard is working under a February 1982 deadline for completion of the project design, because of a provision in the agreement between the University and the property's previous owner, Louis DiGiovanni, a Cambridge developer. Unless the advisory committee approves the design before that time, the parcel will revert to DiGiovanni...
Meanwhile--despite a summer halt to construction due to a statewide carpenter's strike--construction on the Red Line extension currently underway in the Square may have passed its "most disruptive" point, spokesmen said...
...wanted to prevent another shutdown and provide fuller service," Paul DiNatale, chief spokesmen for the MBTA, said last week. "This year is looking very good. The budget problems have been settled this summer... We will not run out of money...
...Congressional debates related to higher education, the jousting over student loans provoked the loudest protests from college spokesmen, and the final proposals may hurt more than 800,000 students nationwide. Meanwhile, the clamor in Harvard's financial aid office has all but ceased. New family income restrictions will, in fact, be considerably more lenient than expected for students attending expensive Ivy League schools, and the cuts will not keep anyone out of the University this year or next [see sidebar...