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...built mansions and created manicured landscapes, planted with exotic trees and shrubs imported from England and France." Certain of the settlers could even be accused of bad taste: Winthrop House, on the corner of Bow and Arrow streets, "became the gay social center of the pre-Revolutionary days" in spite, or perhaps because, of "two life-sized wooden figures of Indians in paint and feathers and armed with bow and arrows (who) sentineled the principal entrance to the grounds." Ostentation was the order of the day in certain circles--when tavern-owner Andrew Belcher died in 1717, his estate bore...
...medical aid to Africa. Therefore, the Somalian delegate to the UN Conference for Women has made a film showing clitoridectomy and infibulation and SIDA has paid for copies. It was also shown at All Womens' House in Stockholm. I hope that this film will be shown at Harvard in spite of Dr. Counter's ridiculous protests, his hypocritical concern for 'images of blacks' and his attempts to stir up racism in the Black Students' Association. Tore Hakansson...
...wound its way through regulation play in typical Harvard fashion. The squad at times took absolute control of the flow of action, but obstinately refused to score. In the first half alone, the Crimson offensive machine sputtered in the face of three open nets and two breakaway attempts, in spite of some excellent playing midfield...
Never in history has a volcano exploded with such force before such an array of sophisticated monitoring instruments. The gear even includes a space satellite to measure particulate matter blown into the stratosphere. Yet in spite of all the detection capability, scientists have come away from the mountain basically with confirmations of what they already knew- primarily from observing volcanoes in Hawaii-rather than with any new and startling insights. Says Donald Peterson, the U.S.G.S scientist in charge on the scene: "Everything the mountain has done has been within the realm of our expectations...
...scarily close to the $1-million, $1.5-million deficits of the early '70s, in spite of the 13.2-per-cent tuition increase," Gerrity said. She added that the energy budget for this year jumped by 52.6 per cent...