Word: objectionably
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some townspeople cite the controversy surrounding a proposed "overlay zone" to limit the height of buildings in Harvard Square as the best example of their grievance with the University. The petition won six out of nine votes, enough for passage of a zoning change under normal circumstances. But the circumstances...
Harvard claimed the objection was necessary to protect its interests in the Square--Harvard may eventually "build on a potential site within the area of the Square," Lewis A. Armistead, community relations representative in the Office of Government and Community Affiars, said the week of the disputed vote. Armistead added...
He added he has no objection to public government figures taking issue with private college affairs. "A lot of people make comments about the government," he said, adding that he didn't see why it couldn't work the other way.
How pure were their motives? They could not be out to save art. More likely, they are thinking about the fistfuls of money museums stand to lose if Rockefeller's slick catalogue catches on. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is itself now heavily dependent on the money...
The explanation is so simplified, though, that one must take care not to relax his critical faculties. Although the authors attempt to offer an objective analysis, as advocates of the theory, they tend to be overenthusiastic. It's not that they do not present opposing views (which they do), it...