Word: commune
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Built in 1958 as off-campus housing, Dudley in the 1960s and 1970s quickly developed a reputation as a commune for some of the more radical students at Harvard. And this image--like many of the students--has lingered...
...Franco-Prussian War had a great effect upon Verliane. He had a violent nature, and welcomed the war of 1870 as a chance for throwing off the yoke of social restraint that he hated so much. He became associated with the Commune, which later caused his exile. During his residence in Brussels he shot a friend in a quarrel. For two years he lived in prison, spending his time in introspective meditation. This led to his becoming a Roman Catholic, and to the writing of "Sagesse" in 1880. His existence was two fold, - either spent in debauchery and sensual crimes...