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...comes to the accessibility of Sever Hall, students are the most heinous offenders. Dartboard condemns those among us who feel compelled to dilly-dally in front of the building conspicuously chatting with friends, smoking cigarettes for all the world to see. Must you advertise your social adroitness and congest the step with your morning schmooze? Puh-leeze...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...They are primarily a freshman and sophomore team," Tomassoni said, referring to the 20 youngsters on a 28-mean team. "They play with a lot of enthusiasm and with a more physical style. They try to contain you and congest...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: ECAC Tournament Quarterfinals Tonight | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

Michael Levie, general manager of the Royal Sonesta Hotel, who chaired the commission, said, "we do not want to congest our streets more, "we do not want to complicate our infrastructure more...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Council Discusses Tourism | 6/29/1993 | See Source »

James is a brave writer, and he pushes his stereotypes to grotesque limits. At an all-Black school, for example, "throngs of students congest the corridor smoking resinous Rasta spliffs, snorting smack from tiny, waxed-paper sacks; drinking pints of Wild Irish Rose; sucking tubes of crack; fighting with razors; firing pistols; dry-humping each other against lockers; hawking stolen goods; miscarrying half-formed fetuses; singing gospel; and wailing the blues...

Author: By Davids. Kurnick, | Title: Negrophobia is a Racy Tale Of Flesh, Freaks and Fear | 8/14/1992 | See Source »

Mitchell ruled that because the board let MIT present evidence that the project would increase the city's housing stock, it must also let members of the anti-development Simplex Steering Committee testify that University Park would push rents up, congest traffic and disrupt its neighbors in other ways...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Judge's Ruling May Crimp MIT Project | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

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