Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gillis, director of the Office of Neighborhood Services, told Harvard officials in a meeting this week that he believed Harvard would have to secure a special zoning permit before using the building at 230 Western Ave., part of which the Business School hopes to use for office space...
...University's plans to buy the building at 230 Western Ave. have proved controversial, one would not know it by talking to those who live around it, many of whom say they are more dissatisfied with the site's current owner...
Harvard did not include its plans to buy 230 Western Ave. in its master plan and did not mention the site during the two years of discussion leading to the master plan's approval in April...
More than 200 civilians were killed by official count in the army attack on protesters and supporters. Western intelligence sources said as many as 3000 may have died. Thousands have been arrested nationwide and at least 12 have been executed...
...Afghanistan, American hopes for a quick, easy mujahedin victory have faded. A protracted civil war might favor the more fanatical, anti-Western elements among the rebels. The U.S. has just said good riddance to one ayatullah in Iran, and the last thing Washington wants is a Khomeini-like figure in Afghanistan. There are also 3.5 million well-armed Afghan refugees who are an increasing worry to Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On a visit to Washington last month, she persuaded Bush to endorse publicly a "political solution," implying an internationally brokered deal that might allow some Afghan Communists to remain...