Word: springly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...meetings, the rallies, the hearings of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (as in, went SDS chants, "get some feathers, get some tar, let's go get the CRR") the constant circulating and recirculating of issues and anger and unity and division, there was still a Commencement in spring 1970. Life went on. But it was an active spring. And when students plaved "capture the flag" in the Yard, one flag said "Veritas" and the other bore the insignia...
...same time, Bok joined four other university presidents in sending a cable to Soviet Premier Leonid I. Brezhnev protesting Sakharov's banishment. In the spring, Harvard scientists joined 25 other members of the National Academy of Sciences in suspending all formal scientific exchange with the Soviet Union to protest that nation's treatment of dissidents...
York testified this spring in a state hearing in favor of House Bill #5172 which, if passed, would outlaw sexual harassment in Massachusetts and allow victims to collect damages in civil suits. State representative Barbara E. Gray originally introduced the bill after hearing from York and students at MIT about sexual harassment in educational institutions. No state statutes cover sexual harassment...
...Lots of experienced people think, and I tend to agree, that you can save more in the fall and spring than you can in the winter," he says, explaining that as temperatures fluctuate, some students want the heat on, while others open windows, wasting energy. Because they have no concrete evidence of conservation benefits, some administrators and faculty say the drawbacks to changing the calendar--in both educational and financial terms--outweigh many positive savings a revised schedule would afford...
...those breaks in the season are part of the reason some people would dislike the proposed changes. Courses with heavy reading lists require time for assimilation and reflection. Under the current calendar, Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation provide respite in the fall, and spring break and a longer Reading Period add extra time in the spring...