Word: severely
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...flesh through their flannel shirts. Their pants legs are tattered so that if they are suddenly snagged, the material will tear rather than hold. They do not wear steel-tipped shoes for fear that if a massive limb falls on their feet, it may turn the metal down and sever their toes. Better that their toes be crushed than pinched...
...Palestinian attack on Tel Aviv's beaches two weeks ago demonstrated that the P.L.O. has not given up terrorism. The raid was staged by a P.L.O. faction called the Palestine Liberation Front, but so far P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat has refused U.S. pleas to condemn the operation and to sever ties with Muhammad Abbas, the group's chieftain and ringleader of the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro...
...exclusion of gays and lesbians. But formal statements are merely words. When the Council meets again on Wednesday, it should take decisive action to protest homophobic discrimination in the armed forces, and more specifically in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The Council should recommend that the Faculty sever completely all direct University ties to ROTC...
...barbeque behind Sever was...nice. Quadfest was...in the Quad. The raft race is... cancelled. We need more. We need a weekend set aside for pure fun, games and general debauchery. Even Harvard students are not above a little frivolousness every once in a while...
...weeks ago, Harvard's Faculty Council voted to sever the University's remaining ties with ROTC in two years unless the military starts allowing gays and lesbians to serve...