Word: wake
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After 53 years at Harvard and in the wake of a struggle that almost irreparably split the University, ROTC finally withdrew...
...wake of these protests, the ten-day-long Soviet press campaign against Sakharov came to an abrupt halt. Instead, the Soviets set out to placate Western opinion. In an attempt to forestall possible disruption of the European Security Conference talks in Geneva this week, Izvestia published assurances that the meeting would take place "in a favorable psychological climate." Then, in a dramatic gesture of conciliation, the Soviets stopped jamming Voice of America, BBC and West German Russian-language broadcasts to the U.S.S.R. for the first time since 1968. This was a major concession to Western nations participating...
...this comes at a price, however. The restaurant's cellar room is over-crowded with revenue-producing tables, and the floor arrangement allots little space to groups of two or three. Casa's prices, already high, have been raised by 10 per cent in the wake of recent increases in food prices, and a $4 minimum per person has been decreed, even though it is difficult to wheedle a $4 meal out of the menu. An average meal runs close to $8 a person, excluding...
...wake of the allegations that Portuguese soldiers massacred Mozambique villagers last December, the African Liberation Support Committee announced July 27 a boycott of all Portuguese products. That decision added freeze dried coffee to the list of untouchables for Cambridge liberals. The farm workers' boycott of Gallo wine added a second item to the list...
Arrayed against the Left is a small but growing Harvard Right, centered around the Young Republican Club, who will also push for a vote, hoping that declining passions in the wake of the American withdrawal from Indochina will restore widespread support for the military's return...