Word: summer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most undergraduates here would admit to believing, at least for a moment, in some special quality in Harvard. My moment came and went the summer after my high school graduation. Then, on the advice of a girl-friend, I got hold of a copy of Smithsonian magazine. The magazine, following the summer 1986 bandwagon, published an essay commemorating Harvard's much-ballyhooed 350th anniversary. It was written by a Melvin Maddocks--who like many authors of such pieces boasted a class year...
...First Amendment, untouched for 198 years, is safe again. Ever since the $ Supreme Court ruled last summer that burning the flag was a form of political protest that was protected by the free-speech amendment, lawmakers have been posturing and pontificating on the issue. No one could forget that Michael Dukakis during last year's presidential campaign was outflagged by George Bush. The patriotic grandstanding was led by the President, who traveled across the Potomac to the Iwo Jima Memorial -- cameras in hot pursuit -- to denounce the ruling and demand a constitutional amendment. But when the proposal came...
Steiner should know. When the department launched its investigation this summer, notifying Harvard and a handful of other schools that they were being scrutinized for possible antitrust violations, Steiner and his staff drew the unenviable task of finding and organizing the necessary records...
...Urban Superintendent Program, the first of its kind in the nation, will begin this summer with a limited enrollment of only 10 to 12 students, school officials said...
...George J. White, assistant manager of the parking office, said the plan is still tentative, pending Smith's return in November from vacation. White, who said he joined the parking office only this summer, added that the proposal is being discussed by Facilities Maintenance and other Harvard offices that often use vehicles in the Yard...