Word: upping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"The contractors can only wait until a site opens up," Paul Hefernon, regional asbestos coordinator for the EPA, said.
DiBerardinis said Harvard used to handle its smaller removals but now must store some asbestos in sealed containers in rooms off the steam tunnels until a site opens up.
His forehead glistening with beads of sweat, John R. Silber is hotly defending his record as president of Boston University [B.U.] before a crowded press conference. His face is ashen and his teeth are gritted, but his voice never breaks as he makes point after point in firm, measured tones...
Silber's opponents charge that his dictatorial actions have turned B.U. into a place "more like Iran under the Shah or Chile under the Junta than like an institution of higher learning," in the words of one critic. They charge him with using tenure, promotions, and salaries to punish his...
They got more than they bargained for. He insulted, antagonized, and offended professors who were used to kid-glove treatment. When a faculty union sprang up he refused to deal with it until compelled to do so by the National Labor Relations Board. After receiving criticism from the student press...