Word: though
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...though the crowd remained inattentive through most of the remarks, it did stop to give Horace Bright, Alec's older brother and a major force behind the new rink, a standing ovation...
...differences, though, there still was a bit of Watson Rink around--at least in atmosphere. While Team USA trounced the Crimson, 5-0, in the opening night exhibition, the band led a harassment of Team USA goalie Jim Craig...
This year was different, though, in one respect--the emergence of the student vote. College students have been eligible to vote in the past three Cambridge elections, a privilege only a few have ever exercised. But students registering for classes this fall found they could also register to vote in Cambridge--even if they hadn't paid their term bills. Many went ahead and registered. After all, "students will sign anything. They just won't take the time to vote," as conservative councilor Walter Sullivan once pointed...
Because of the four-year student turnover, candidates must recruit the Harvard voter for every election. Sullivan's impressive vote total proves the campaigning is worth it, though. Two years from now, halls and entryways should be littered with literature and bustling with candidates, courting student voters for the first time ever. The increase in campaigning will also make the Harvard voter more sophisticated; chances are no one will be able to engineer a win the size of Sullivan's in future elections. "Politicians will have to start paying attention to the demands of students." David Sullivan said...
...item. The Allman Brothers and Johnny Cash similarly helped out Jimmy Carter. This fund-raising mode was facilitated by a financing law that allowed concert receipts to be considered as donations not of the performers but of ticket-buying members of the audience. There will be more political concerts though the law has been tightened to curtail the federal matching money that can be awarded...