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...Harvard stood before the Rent Control Board, petitioning for the right to make a $2.5 million renovation at the Craigie Arms apartments on Mt. Auburn St. Just two blocks away at Grendel’s Den, Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 was cooking up a legal scheme to grant the restaurant owners the liquor license they had been denied...
...complex stood vacant, but Cambridge’s powerful Rent Control Board denied Harvard’s petition to remove the low- and moderate-income units from Cambridge’s tight rental market and make much-needed renovations...
...Estonia, Härstedt climbed up the stairwell, fighting against gravity. Out on the deck, the ship's lights were on, and the moon was shining. The full range of human capacities was on display. Incredibly, one man stood to the side, smoking a cigarette, Härstedt remembers. Most people strained to hold on to the rolling ship and, at the same time, to look for life jackets and lifeboats. British passenger Paul Barney remembers groups of people standing still like statues. "I kept saying to myself, 'Why don't they try to get out of here?'" he later...
...Rescorla stood directing people down the stairwell on the 44th floor, the second plane hit - this time striking about 38 floors above his head. The building lunged violently, and some people were thrown to the floor. "Stop," Rescorla ordered through the bullhorn. "Be still. Be silent. Be calm." In response, "No one spoke or moved," Stewart writes. "It was as if Rescorla had cast a spell...
...Arguably more than any other American legislator of the late twentieth century, Senator Kennedy has made a profound impact on our society. He stood on the front lines of the legislative struggle for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. He was an architect of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which opened the nation’s doors to millions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. First introduced by Senator Kennedy, the Americans with Disabilities Act has broadly protected the nation’s disabled population from discrimination. He has also been the Senate’s preeminent...