Word: lengthening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hall's relations with University Hall have become particularly strained on several occasions during the past few years. Two years ago, when the College administration was considering whether to lengthen Christmas or semester break in order to cut down on energy costs during the height of the crunch, some in University Hall felt that Hall was meddling too much in their affairs. At a press conference to announce the decision to extend Christmas vacation, Dean Rosovsky finally tried to quiet Hall, saying flatly, "Now Steve, I don't think we want to air our dirty laundry in public...
...concentration of wealth that characterizes American society, some sectors of the population bear a much heavier burden than others. But it is likely that all groups will be continually exposed to the effects of the shrinking dollar. The recession that government and business leaders term temporary could very likely lengthen into a permanent decline in the American standard of living...
...Pentagon has asked Congress to appropriate $29 million this year to deepen the harbor, lengthen the 8,000-ft. runway to 12,000 ft., and build barracks for the 500 naval personnel who will eventually be stationed there. Such an investment is necessary, contends the Pentagon, to counter the Soviet naval presence in the area, which now averages 30 ships; the U.S. presently has eight ships, including the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, there. The Russian presence is expected to increase even more with the reopening of the Suez Canal. Then the Soviet supply line, from its Black Sea bases...
Dean Rosovsky warms students to prepare for the winter's oil shortage. "We plan to lengthen winter recess four months and extend the school year until October. Seniors will have the option of finishing their studies or not," Rosovsky says. "Under our Optional Graduation Plan, seniors with prior commitments for next fall may send in the appropriate matchbook cover for our Harvard-at-Home Handy Study Course...
However the energy crisis has caused several schools, such as Dartmouth, UMass at Amherst, Tufts, and Brandeis, to lengthen their winter vacations, at the expense of one or two weeks of the school year...