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...protest. He warns that public demonstrations such as Harvard's gathering on National Coming Out Day only "hurt [homosexuals'] chances for public acceptance." But people's prejudices don't go away on their own. Throughout our history, most notably during the Civil Rights movement, public demonstrations have been the catalyst for the promotion of equality and the breakdown of discrimination...
...precisely this social lure to which many of the players are attracted. For most, this is their only night out on the town, and thus their sole opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances. Moreover, the attraction to gambling can't be forgotten as a catalyst for the deluge of people spilling into the cafeteria each week. Bingo offers a night of risk taking, chance and, hopefully, victory to the bubbling crowd...
Predictably, it was Collins who was the catalyst for the Crimson goal. She got loose on the left side and dribbled in two-on-one with freshman Katherine Burrage on her right in the center of the field. The captain unselfishly pushed a pass to the first-year who banged her first shot off the post and then coolly collected the rebound and lifted it into the back of the net for her second goal of the season and the eventual game-winner only 1:21 from halftime...
...furor over the alcohol-related death of MIT first-year Scott Krueger was not the catalyst for Cops in Shops, Cambridge officials say, but they admit Krueger's death was always in the back of their minds...
...Crimson was silent for a 16-minute period before resuming its pressure in the last eight minutes of the first half. This time sophomore midfielder Meredith Stewart was the catalyst...