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Head of the Charles: the biggest single-day rowing regatta in the world. 100,000 spectators, 3200 competitors, 720 shells, 18 races--all right at your doorstep. A must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Primer: Head of the Charles from A to Z | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...which New Jersey refused to enact a bottle bill, Governor Kean finally declared the mandatory recycling program. Unfortunately, the plan has met organized resistance in suburbia. Suburbanites are protesting having to lug their bottles all the way to the recycling center--Ohmigod!--and refuse to recycle until they get doorstep pickup...

Author: By Mitchell A. Orenstein, | Title: The NIMBY Syndrome | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

Confronted by the specter of these raiders on their doorstep, the Allegis directors unveiled on May 28 a recapitalization plan as a new takeover defense. Under its provisions, the company would take on more than $3 billion in additional debt and then give stockholders a $60 cash payment for every share they owned. Company officials apparently believed the huge new debt would make Allegis a less attractive takeover target and that the cash payout would placate Coniston and other restive shareholders. They were wrong. The pilots still talked takeover, and Coniston pressed forward with its proposal to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Once More | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

...this madcap adventure came to a brutal halt right before spring break--the day we received our housing assignments. I read the notice on my doorstep. It said I had been assigned to Cabot House for the next three years or 30,000 miles of shuttle bus rides, whichever came first...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Just for the Fun of It | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

...Definitely the freshmen, but not until 5:50 p.m. [nearly two hours after they were scheduled to begin]. We'll let the puppies over the doorstep...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Harvard-Yale: The Last Race | 6/10/1987 | See Source »

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