Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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City campaigns traditionally perk up after Labor Day, as the sidewalks cool and the voters start spending their weekends at home. The past week saw the start of a political crescendo leading towards the November 3 municipal election. Candidates are pounding doors and pavements, swigging coffee in living rooms, and turning out at gatherings like Saturday's festival of Saints Cosimo and Damiano in East Cambridge...
When these new developments are completed the Harvard Square shopping district will extend from the Yard to the Charles Hotel. Since the redevelopment of Harvard Square began at the start of this decade, builders have dreamed of removing what they consider uninviting relics of Cambridge's less affluent past and replacing them with the architectural symbols of the yuppie...
...speech to the freshman class has done its damage. Only time can heal the trauma of parents told that their huge yearly payments cannot buy meal tickets for their children. Only time will allay the confusion of new undergraduates who were told they should start hanging out with people who didn't go to Exeter. And, ultimately, only time can redeem the reputation of Derek Bok, a man who, for all appearances, seems to have forgotten over which university he presides...
Only one of the proposals has satisfied city regulators so far, but those farther behind in the bureaucratic maze still hope to start construction...
...Harvard field hockey team opened its season Saturday with a 3-0 victory over the University of Rhode Island. The victory, coupled with a successful junket to Holland at the beginning of the month, represents a good start for the Crimson, which last year turned in a disappointing 3-8-4 campaign...