Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before 1865, only those physically present in the Yard on the afternoon of commencement could vote for overseers. The older alumni were afraid the new graduates would swamp the election, so they instituted the five-year waiting period...
Corris, who holds the Harvard records in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, was designated "that member of the graduating class who, because of his integrity, courage, leadership, and athletic ability, has best served the high purposes of Harvard...
Shouting "on to the Cliffe," about 50 ran to the Cambridge Common where they paused to regroup. Deciding that they didn't have enough rioters, they returned to the Yard to stir up more interest...
Unlisted Number. Judge Johnson pays no attention. Two boys once burned a cross in his front yard, but to Johnson it was just a prank. After anonymous callers threatened to bomb his family, he simply got an unlisted number; federal agents have periodically guarded his comfortable ranch house ever since. He keeps a current file on all active Alabama Klansmen. Asked whether his wires are tapped, Johnson lights up another Home Run cigarette (a brand that makes Gauloises seem bleu by comparison) and noncommittally drawls: "I've made a studied effort to avoid areas of paranoia...
...spot survey indicated that fortune varied with Yard geography. On one floor of Grays, every freshman got the House he wanted. But forty per cent of Greenough was assigned to Dunster, although most of them did not list it as one of their four choices...