Word: protected
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...rent control board voted unanimously to grant Harvard the permits necessary under a statute designed to protect the city's house stock after University lawyers argued that Harvard had created new low and moderate income in housing in areas surrounding the campus in recent years...
Sullivan, the only tenant on the city council, added, "The board's mission is not to be evenhanded. It must decide cases fairly, but its mission is to protect tenants...
Rent board members were unavailable for comment yesterday, but some have said in the past they view the body as more of an impartial, quasi-judicial agency designed more to decide cases brought before it than to actively protect tenants...
...time, there was not much the students could do to protect themselves--short of becoming politically neutral. Some wore paper bags over their heads during rallies. One group of students formed a wandering minstrel troupe and roamed from House to House singing to the tune of "That's My Baby" about the CRR: "You're right, we're responsible; yes, you are reprehensible...
...early morning following the Red Guard's visit, he discovered the youths--none over 17 years old--collapsed on the floor of his dwelling, trembling from exhaustion and the winter cold. Zhao gathered up spare coats and blankets and; as one admirer tells the story, "decided to protect the plunderers from the cold night...