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Charles III, When Young
… B efore he became Charles III upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, … here ‘in the Yard.’…I must confess that I am somewhat surprised, as well…because I thought that in Massachusetts they …
Don Share
… Lincoln Across from Don Share's desk hangs a photograph of Robert Lowell '37, Litt.D. '66, the poet Share unabashedly identifies as "My hero. Lowell … and somehow work it all together." As the new curator of the Woodberry Poetry Room (now part of Houghton Library, …
Issue: September-October 2001
Talent Behind the Wheel
… , amateur racer Patrick Staropoli ’12 was blasting down the straightaway at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway, strapped … that required balancing the 1.5-ton car on the knife-edge of traction. Near the end of the corner, just as all seemed fine, the car’s steering …
Issue: January-February 2015
Global Reach in Health Sciences
… alcohol abuse, and poor diet. "Delivery issues" from the training of healthcare providers to the design of health systems. Statistical tools for program evaluation. …
Issue: January-February 2004
Black and White—and the Red, White, and Blue
… my third birthday: don’t talk to strangers, never take the Cross Bronx Expressway, and always remember that the … pennant banner. And then trip Mike Lowell. But when I was offered a chance to sing the national anthem at Fenway, I … the ordeal. As a singer whose talent compares to that of Beyoncé’s third cousin twice removed, I would not be …
American Ratification
… still muddling in recession; a government rendered inept by the complete collapse of the Senate as a serious institution of deliberation or a … story with a profound respect for the political enterprise and intellectual commitment that made ratification a …
Issue: January-February 2011
The Goodness of Being Together
… For many people, the most significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was the sheer weight of isolation: the abrupt absence of routine social …
Issue: September-October 2024
Cambridge 02138
… ADDRESSING CASTRO Thank you for Professor Jorge Domínguez's ironic and interesting look at the U.S.'s relationship with Cuba since the revolution came … Thanks to Senators Helms and Burton, the embargo on fax machines, and vetoes on IMF membership, Fidel reigns …
"Civilization Need Not Die"
… At the dinner for honorary-degree recipients the night before … Summers characterized Daniel Patrick Moynihan, using one of the latter's own terms, as a "great … to summon up the optimism that came with this great surprise. My beloved colleague Nathan Glazer and the revered …
Issue: July-August 2002
Banned in Sparta
… and music: Rogers and Hammerstein, Gilbert and Sullivan, the brothers Gershwin. Sometimes, collaborators might not even have met. For example, works by Greek poets of the Archaic period (800-500 B.C.E.)—centuries before the Classical era of Plato, Sophocles, and Aristophanes—have now been set to …
Issue: March-April 2025
Harvard Portrait: Russell Phillips
… During his three-decade career in primary care, professor of medicine Russell S. Phillips has studied palliative care, … lower-back pain, sexually transmitted infections, mindbody therapies, and computer-based medical records, among other …
Issue: July-August 2012
The Undergraduate: “...On to Plan B”
… I cannot remember the exact moment when I decided it was my dream to be a … the uninitiated, Winning London follows the classic model of the Mary-Kate and Ashley travel film. Two sisters, who … visit to significant sights—Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral—to do so. In the meantime, …
Issue: November-December 2013
How the Faculty Feels
… Harvard faculty members are a largely contented lot. They enjoy superb intellectual company, high-caliber … But for a more objective and nuanced assessment, the office of the senior vice provost for faculty development and …
Issue: September-October 2014
Andrew Craigie
… After serving as the first Apothecary General of the Continental Army during … Returning to his native Massachusetts, he purchased one of the most elegant homes in Cambridge, built the bridge …
Issue: November-December 2011
The Roman Empire’s Cosmopolitan Frontier
… At its peak , the Roman Empire stretched from North Africa to northern Britain and was home to perhaps a quarter of the world’s population. The early Empire’s … Empire’s collapse in the sixth century, and document the rise of successor populations, whose descendants still …