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Word: seemed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doesn't seem to make a hell of a lot of difference whether we have [PR] or not," says tenant activist William B. Cunningham. "If it's supposed to give minority representation, it doesn't, because we basically have a two-party system...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Beyond the Mainstream: Cambridge's | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...matter how different those 28 potential councillors seem, they're all Democrats. Like it or not, this is a one-party town. Republicans in Massachusetts-particularly at Harvard--don't get much respect, and neither do their candidates...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Fear and Loathing on Long Island | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...time to stand up for these rights which seem to be slipping away before our very eyes. Defenders of choice should make every effort to attend the march this weekend. But the pro-choice movement need not start or end with the march on Washington. Massachusetts promises to be an important battleground for the abortion issue, and students should join marches at the state House as well as at the Capitol. In addition, there is a petition circulating in Harvard Square and in many of the houses that calls for abortion to be protected as a clear constitutional right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: March for Choice | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

After 25 years in business in Harvard Square, I wrote Proposition 1-2-3 because it didn't seem fair to me that rich white couples can buy a house from me off Brattle Street, but a poor man can't buy his own apartment on Bristol Street. And a needy couple can't buy their apartment on Broadway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prop 1-2-3 | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

...seem O.K. to your editorial board that rent-controlled apartments in fact don't go to the poor, but are distributed to whoever offers the most money for one via a Reward poster behind the Coop. The whole system cries out for reforms like mine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prop 1-2-3 | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

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