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Word: whitely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...claimed that they were "treated abrasively" by Cambridge police after officers removed them from a University shuttle bus and searched them. It was later learned that the police were responding to a shoplifting call at a nearby drug store and had twice been told that the suspect was white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Review Board Dismisses Racial Harrassment Complaint | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

Newly elected Board President John C. White-head said divestment was a closed matter as far as the Overseers were concerned. He said it wouldn't be on the agenda this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Divestment Opposition Persists Despite Tutu's Overseer Election | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...University decided to tear down the white neo-Georgian filling station that had occupied the site for nearly 50 years last winter. At that time Harvard officials were trying to avoid the legal hassles that could ensue if the building were allowed to reach the half-century mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gulf Site Plans Expected Soon | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...selecting Judith Richards Hope, the Corporation answered calls for diversity in the composition of the 339-year-old body, which traditionally has been composed of seven white males. But the appointment of Hope, a Washington lawyer with close ties to the Republican party, can hardly be seen as a step towards diversity of opinion on the homogenous board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intolerance of Opinions | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...allowed to go to the bathroom or get a five-dollar hot dog when they want to--and not just after odd-numbered games that never end when you really gotta go. But they still wouldn't make much noise. Look who they are. The U.S. Open isn't white-washed Wimbledon, but even without royalty, it's still a cocktail party for the rich and suntanned. (And white--my friend Ron, Wilt Chamberlain and Zina Garrison's family were the only Black people I saw in the stands.) Ticket prices are out of control. Most tickets aren't even...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: "Quiet, the Bor-meister is Serving" | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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