Word: things
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ginn said the foul-up is "the worst thing I've ever seen. It's an absolute disaster." Students taking the test, Ginn said, were faced with the extra burden of anxiety from ETS's late and haphazard process. "It's a terrible inconvenience. I was really unhappy about it, but people will be able to get to the test," he added...
Daly's prophecy proved right, for by November 1975 the library corporation had narrowed its choice down to two alternatives--the Cambridge/Charlestown archives/museum split or the Columbia Point "we'll take the whole thing" option. While Cambridge residents continued to protest, Dorchester opened its arms and welcomed the library. It was, as Dan H. Fenn Jr. '44, director of the library, says, a "very, very painful, difficult, unhappy time for everyone." President Kennedy had, after all, personally favored a Harvard site. But as family members and library corporation officers retreated for a now-famous weekend meeting in New York, Harvard...
...your skin sting. It is meant to be sprayed at the chest, where the fumes will still have plenty of effect, one Seabrook cop tells you the next day. Maybe the policemen don't know this--they spray it straight in your eyes from inches away, and the only thing you can remember is to yell "Medic." They arrive with plastic jugs of water and boric acid, and after a few pints you can stand the smarting. Your face stays red for a long time...
...went to Seabrook partly because of the issue, but mostly because I wanted to see a major non-violent occupation take place. There are a thousand questions this weekend raises about the futures of non-violent direct action in America and the anti-nuclear movement. But there is one thing that is very clear: There are at least 2000 people in this country who believe they have a right to protect their health and that of future generations. They will try again...
...boss told me there'd be a lot of activity around here, but...just a few scragglers, nothing much," says a cop named Mark. How do you feel about the plant, Mark? He puffs on his cigarette. "Wouldn't mind if the whole thing just sank into the ocean...