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Word: yarding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taught to do everything as cheaply as possible and to buy only what is necessary. The new builders learn to economize by making their own windows (one-third cheaper than the contractor's price) and by buying lumber direct from the mill (50% less than at a lumber yard). Heating, water and electricity bills can be trimmed by having large windows that face south to the winter sun, and by installing wood-burning stoves, hand pumps and compost toilets. Though conventional housing costs up to $40 per sq. ft., homes constructed along Shelter lines can be built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Have Hammer, Will Teach | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...more sedate student body, the University has met student demands of a different sort with letters and reports, but no action. Frustrated by Harvard's success at defusing the potentially explosive South African investment issue, the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) is setting its sights beyond Harvard Yard...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Harvard--Divesting of the Debate | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Walters, who heads a staff of 20 therapists charged with advising students and treating their problems, may have one of the toughest jobs outside the Yard. But as he sits in his well-worn office tucked into the third floor of Holyoke Center, one is immediately at ease. In a service that will handle over 3000 visitors this year--including students, faculty, and staff--Walters' soft spoken but frank manner and his years of experience are tested every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Refereeing the Rat Race | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...Buckley had more experience than anyone else returning to the team this year. But St. John has been around Harvard football since he checked into the Yard in 1976. He knows the system. He's bright, quick, and a lot more comfortable with the Multiflex than any most other quarterbacks around----including Brian Buckley...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: There Are Quarterbacks--Believe It or Not | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Harvard has also asked the MBTA for about $320,000 to finance the dismantling and reconstruction of the brick and iron fence which borders the Yard, L. Edward Lashman, University negotiator with the MBTA, said last week...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: MBTA to Rule on Subway Agreement Today; Harvard May Receive $1 Million for Work | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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