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...says it [the rent board] is a biased board. The thing is I suppose it does have to do with what you think it's supposed to do." According to Polvere, the rent board" by its nature is a status quo agency it keeps the lid on rents" and trys to prevent the depletion of the housing stock, he says. "It's essentially a conservative--not in the political sense--agency...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: A 'Stumbling,' 'Mumbling,' 'Kangaroo Court': The Cambridge Rent Control Board | 5/19/1982 | See Source »

...speech at the Kennedy School comes at an important time in the Kennedy campaign, as his organization trys to capitalize on what they believe is a major success in Maine before the February 26 New Hampshire primary...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Kennedy to Deliver Speech at K-School | 2/12/1980 | See Source »

Sissela is not a stranger to the limelight; from childhood on she's never known a day of anonymity. Yet she is not herself among a group of faceless cocktail conversationalists. She trys hard and bears through it all, joining intellectual discussions whenever possible...

Author: By Mary B. Ridge, | Title: Sissela Bok: What Does She Do Till Derek Comes Home? | 11/14/1975 | See Source »

...effect is one of comic frustration and absolute insecurity in a universe that conspires with one's worst self to make the sane, simple life impossible. This is best illustrated in a scene where K. sits at a table and trys to read. The actors crouching behind him each poke an arm through the crook of K.'s elbow: the hands begin to attack each other while K. looks helplessly on, believing his own body to be rebelling against itself...

Author: By Alice C. Van buren, | Title: Kafka Staged | 1/15/1974 | See Source »

...yards as his backfield mates captain Vic Gatto and Ray Hornblower kept the Green defense honest by churning out big gains around and through the porous Dartmouth front five. Hornblower led all rushing with 121 yards in 21 carries, and Gatto produced two touchdowns and 71 yards on 17 trys...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Gridders Wallop Dartmouth 22-7 | 10/28/1968 | See Source »

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