Word: street
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There's a conference room on the sixth floor at 70 Federal Street in the heart of Boston's financial district where a dozen investment specialists gather at 10:45 every morning. It looks just like those corporate board-rooms you've seen in countless movies, except the rectangular table isn't as big as you remember, the chairs aren't as tall...
...only six years old. Until 1974, State Street Research and Management did Harvard's investing. The University treasurer at the time, George F. Bennett '33, was also president of State Street. "With the uprisings of the '60s, some felt there was something incestuous about the Harvard treasurer using his own firm to manage Harvard's endowment," Putnam says. Furthermore, since the treasurer both managed Harvard's investments and reported to the Corporation on how those investments were faring, he couldn't distance himself enough to judge the quality of the management. "The treasurer was in the situation of defending...
Warning curiosity-seekers to stay on the sidewalks, police took only 40 minutes to clear the street of nearly 200 protesters...
...decision to use the horses was a logistical one--we have no comment on why the decision was made to use force at that time," police public information officer Fred Elwick said yesterday afternoon. Police on the scene said the street was cleared because the demonstrators did not have a permit for a parade...
...workers poured out of brokerage houses along the street for lunch, many demonstrators tried some anti-nuclear proselytizing...