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...This stubborn issue sprang up after World War II, when Harvard began to grow in leaps, bounds, deeds and titles. Land, always scarce in Cambridge, was gobbled up at premium prices by the University, often simply for "banking" purposes, in case Harvard needed an astro-zoology library some day. The city stepped in to do battle, especially once Harvard started evicting tenants from apartment buildings it had brought. And while Harvard usually won (the last tenants are getting ready to leave the most recent battleground, 7 Sumner Road), it was only at a price. In 1974, sick of the city...
...secret history of the CIA by using his career as a reference point; since Powers portrays Helms only in his Langley office persona, he appears for the most part as just a particularly durable background actor in a play where the cast changes with every act. Aside from a stubborn devotion to career and crustified politics. Helms' colorlessness is his most distinguishing characteristic. He believes he has done his duty and served his country...
Brown (2-1) prevailed over a surprisingly stubborn Penn (0-3) ide, 24-18, in Philadelphia. Field general Larry Carbone engineered a revved-up Bruin offense which produced nearly 500 yards. Fullback Marty Moran plunged over for the clinching touchdown...
...between the two Communist powers, however, seemed highly contemporary. One week before the Moscow talks, with obvious support from the Soviet Union, Viet Nam lashed out with a series of attacks in Cambodia, where troops loyal to deposed Premier Pol Pot, backed by China, have been carrying on a stubborn insurgency...
...Modena (pop. 180,000), an industrial city noted for its hardworking, stubborn citizenry, its good food and its dedication to opera, that Pavarotti was born nearly 44 years ago. He remembers himself as a lively, gossipy scamp, always in trouble. At school his energies went into sports; soccer became a passion. At home he chimed in with the likes of Gigli, Tito Scinpa, Bjoerling and Di Stefano on the records collected by his father, a baker and gifted amateur tenor. He recalls: "In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate...