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Benning Wentworth
When Benning Wentworth, A.B. 1715, retired as royal governor of New Hampshire in the summer of 1767, he was one of the richest men in New...
Harvard football 2003 midseason wrap
De profundis: Whatever else the football team may accomplish this fall, its second-half comeback in the season's Ivy League opener at Brown...
Selected Reunion and Travel Resources
Thinking about a multigenerational family trip or reunion? Take a look at: Books* Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies, by Cheryl Fall...
Underwriting Public Service
A $10-million gift of funds for current use, to be expended during the next five years, has bolstered the Kennedy School of Government (KSG)...
Off the Shelf
Franz Betz as top god Wotan. Costumes for Rheingold were based on "the latest discoveries of prehistoric times."From the bookFirst...
Cambridge 02138
ART FAKERYWhen I saw the cover of the September-October issue, I wondered, Why would anyone want to fake a rather junky-looking piece of...
Doing His Work
Philippe E. Wamba '93 was killed in a car crash in Kenya in September 2002 while he was conducting research for a book on African youth. He was...
New Look
The two buildings of the Center for Government and International Studies, flanking Cambridge Street, give a new look to Harvard's eastern edge...
Why universities endure
Great research universities like Harvard are paradoxes. In many respects they are archaic. What other American institutions do business in...
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Sr.
Thanks to the recent publication of Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.'s A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950, his father...
Yesterday's News
1914 Harvard spoils the dedication of the Yale Bowl by defeating the Elis, 36-0. The popular jest is that Yale supplied the bowl and Harvard...
Time for Tapas
Our first clue that dining at Dali Restaurant and Tapas Bar would be an out-of-the-ordinary experience came when we called to make reservations...