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Poetry and Politics
On November 12, two days before poet Tom Paulin was scheduled to deliver the annual Morris Gray Lecture, sponsored by the department of English...
University People
Enterprise Editor Now at the helm of Harvard Business Review is Thomas A. Stewart '70, who was appointed editor in October, succeeding Suzanne...
Simple Hosts
There is no florist in the lobby of Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston. In fact, anyone who attempts to deliver a get-well begonia or a...
The Blaxploitation Era
Three of last summer's popular film comediesBarbershop, Undercover Brother, and Austin Powers: Goldmemberrecalled, in one way or...
The Joys of Adult Education
Nearly 30 years after his college graduation, John W. Cobb '49, Gp '94, finally hunkered down to tackle what he'd always wanted to learn:...
Mountain Man
John E.V.C. Moon '52, Ph.D. '68, retired recently, having spent the greater part of his career as an historian of biological and chemical...
Seven-Week Itch
Coaches and athletes throughout the Ivy League gnashed their teeth this fall over a new policy that the Ivy presidents put in place last...
Where Credit is Due
A significant change in Harvard's fundraising policies came into effect December 1. Henceforth, graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
College Studies
The undergraduate curriculum review now taking shape promises to range widely. Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean William C. Kirby launched...
Paul Cabot
Crack! Paul Cabot pulled his ROTC rifle back from his dorm's open window and surveyed the damage. Students had been holding a dance in the Yard...
Korean Gentleman
"Korean scholars of Korean art consider our newly acquired Bamboo through the Four Seasons to be the most important Korean literati screen...
Alan Dershowitz's Perfect World
"Paint a picture of your ideal world," Debra Trione asked 50 "of the most powerful and influential leaders in America." A Perfect World (Andrews...