Word: yardings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Life is sweet in Willy Loman's front yard. Willy is a top-notch traveling salesman, his son Biff is an up-and-coming high school football hero, and his wife and second son stand basking in the warmth of their American Dream. It's too bad we have to go inside...
Willy himself has been fooled by the picture-perfect facade of American life in the 1950s. His front-yard tales of high sales are blown apart by his wife's kitchen struggles to pay the bills. His claims of being "well-liked" in the business are revealed to be sadly exaggerated. His son Biff is devastated when confronted with the truth about his father. And a captive audience can only sit and watch as Willy's life crumbles under his feet...
Spence wrote that the Yard residence halls arein "dire need of repair" because they are so old."Raising the necessary funds will definitely be acampaign priority, although it may not berealistic to expect donors to give directly forthis purpose," he wrote...
...bedroom looks directly not the Dewolfe Street construction site, where Harvard Real Estate is building two five-story structures eventually to house University affiliates. Sure, Harvard could use the housing space; but frankly, I'm sick of the noise, and I wish it weren't in my back yard...
Still, though, in spite of all the fringe benefits, the noise is driving me crazy! Why couldn't these buildings go up in the middle of the Yard, or at the Quad, or on the Boston Common? Why in my back yard...