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Despite preservationists' protests, Bank officials say the buildings must be razed because much of the plumbing and woodwork inside has deteriorated to the point that the buildings are now considered unsafe...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: City Council Candidate Teaches Harvard Class | 10/24/1995 | See Source »

...Tomorrow, David Duke calls a march of one million white men to reaffirm the spirit of American Democracy (i.e. his own particular vision of "American Democracy"). In response, all sorts of prominent white intellectuals, such as Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson and William F. Buckley Jr., come out of the woodwork and volunteer their oratorical services. When asked if they support Duke's agenda, they reply, "The march is only his if we look at it that way." Sure...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: March of Shame | 10/13/1995 | See Source »

...least one-third of the building space has been closed by fire department officials, and much of the plumbing and woodwork in the building has rotted, he said...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Major Square Building Project Inches Forward | 9/22/1995 | See Source »

...deputy to Colonel Harry Summers on a small American military team that had been negotiating with the NVA, remembers that the scene inside the embassy also "was a monstrous mess. Adjacent to the back wall were four or five buildings and a pool. People started coming out of the woodwork in that area. I saw people surrounding the swimming pool with suitcases. Who were they? They were families and extended families of the embassy Marine guards, employees, the Vietnamese contract guards. Everybody who worked in that embassy had Vietnamese people their consciences told them they couldn't abandon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAIGON: THE FINAL 10 DAYS | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

Most Harvard dining halls are decorated with heavy, dark oil paintings of white males, presumably dead and probably Protestant. The portraits often blend into the woodwork, add to the heavy, dark feeling of some of the dining halls and make the food seem even more heavy and dark than it already is. Sometimes the paintings blend in so well, Harvard students don't even notice them. "Art? Art? I've never seen art in the dining halls," said one first-year. Obviously this kid hasn't eaten in Leverett, where everyone notices the enormous painting taking up a large portion...

Author: By Ann D. Schiff, | Title: The Art of Eating | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

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