Word: springs
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...spring of 1983, Cambridge became the battleground for a showdown between defense contractors and anti-nuclear groups. A grassroots movement spearheaded by voter mobilization group Nuclear Free Cambridge attracted national attention when members began to voice strong opposition to nuclear weapons research and development in the City...
...during his time at Harvard, Borges lived through an experience that eventually inspired his most relevant short story. On a spring morning, Borges took a walk by the Charles River, and sat on a bench close to Dunster House to rest. Despite his blindness, he noticed he wasn’t alone—someone else was there. But when he talked to “The Other”—as the story based on the incident is called—Borges was horrified to hear his own voice answering his questions, except that the voice...
...standard may be a daunting one. But the goal is paradoxically clear: That many years from now, when we meet ourselves on a spring morning by the Charles, our younger selves will be proud of the path we will have put ahead of them...
...that instead of increasing the number course offerings in visual art, Harvard would be letting one of its two painting teachers on the VES faculty, Nancy Mitchnick, to leave when her visiting lecturer contract expires with no plans announced to replace her.Similar indignation greeted the letter sent out this spring by Deans Michael A. Smith and Evelynn M. Hammonds announcing that, instead of creating the much anticipated “January Experience” programming for the extended free period created by the calendar change next year, the university will close the campus for the full five weeks. While...
...College followed the State’s lead, implementing a slew of changes to a formerly lax alcohol policy. In the Spring of 1979 Epps and House Masters banned House happy hours, a relatively new institution where Houses served alcoholic beverages to all of their residents. Epps also issued revised guidelines that fall, banning alcohol from college-wide dances. In addition, liquor was only allowed at senior class functions, and would only be served to students 20 years or older who presented their IDs. To serve alcohol at private parties, students were required to buy temporary liquor and public entertainment...