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Word: takings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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With everything else going wrong for Harvard this year, Crimson, sports fans in the past two weeks have been able to take a little solace in the fact that the varsity heavyweight crew was still the "best in the East." It was something that restored a little sanity to the strife (or strike)-torn Harvard scene...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Penn Whips Heavies; Ends Streak at 34 | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...luck of the draw, Penn got the up-front position in the staggered start. At the gun, the Quakers came off at 39 strokes per minute to take a two seat lead in the first five pulls. The much higher-stroking Crimson got away at about...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Penn Whips Heavies; Ends Streak at 34 | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...topple their dynasty this Saturday," Tiffany said, "but it will take our best race...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Penn Whips Heavies; Ends Streak at 34 | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...same ethic makes the attack on University rental policies seem foolish to Calkins. The University cannot pragmatically afford to take losses on the apartment buildings it owns, he says. As a practical necessity and as a preventative against federal influence, the University needs to be self-supporting...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: The Calkins Saga -- A Second Chapter | 5/2/1969 | See Source »

Baroque variations are possible. When students asked him at a panel discussion last week why the Corporation could not take a loss on investments and rentals, Calkins responded with an artful practical problem. You want us to spend more money in the ghettoes? Then we will have to cut down somewhere else, like in the new Afro-American Studies program or in the new fellowship for black graduate students...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: The Calkins Saga -- A Second Chapter | 5/2/1969 | See Source »

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