Word: transport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...majority of students contacted by The Crimson yesterday said they plan to take the council shuttle if they fly. Several also said they are relying on friends with cars to transport them to the airport...
...Indeed, the murals were passed to Harvard via a Deed of Gift that spanned five years, beginning on January 16, 1962. The University paid an estimated $10,000 for Rothko's material, travel, and transport expenses, and received what was appraised justifiably by the renowned artist as a series of paintings worth $186,000 in total...
...hundred years ago, Harvard students had much for which to be thankful. Harvard had defeated Yale 17-0 and in the victory party that ensued President Eliot made a stirring speech to students crowded around a roaring bonfire. Students today may be wishing they could transport themselves back to such joyful times. Over the long years since then, Thanksgiving has had a rocky history at Harvard...
...Different cities will try different combinations of fixes," Lacayo says. "Some communities, like Portland, have created 'greenbelts' that surround the city and contain new development. Other cities are pushing for light rail systems." Not surprisingly, proponents of development want to build new roads and expand those that exist; alternative transportation advocates and environmentalists argue that new roads simply attract new cars, leading to more overcrowding. These folks want to see new forms of transport in our cities: more monorails and subways, and, of course, fewer automobiles. "The real challenge here is getting people out of their cars," says Lacayo...
...interested in what the editorial staff finds to be the council's "mediocre campus-wide events." Are these the Harvard-Yale weekend festivities? The Game tailgate has served food to 1,000 people each of the last three years, and the shuttles to the Harvard-Yale game at Yale transport over 800 people back and forth from The Game. Is the staff calling the first-year formal a mediocre event? For the past four years, this event has averaged an attendance of 1,000 people--more than 60 percent of the first-year class each year...