Word: antedeluvian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From eras antedeluvian Harvard's Administration had opposed the building of a theatre in Harvard Square as a menace to the moral welfare of undergraduates. Around the turn of the century the Administration was joined by another forward-looking, progressive institution, the Harvard Square Business Men's Association. Together, side by side, they waged war on the machine age. But finally, in 1926, they were forced into an admission that men could fly, buggies could run without horses, and a motion picture theatre could be built in Harvard Square...