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Unmarried, Together
… Growing up, Brian Newmark ’72 looked at his parents and their married friends and thought “something was missing.” … serious, long-term adult relationships and the raising of his now 22-year-old daughter. He and his current partner, … but still have no plans to tie the knot. “One of the nice things about getting old is that it is very …
Issue: March-April 2009
An “Urban Farmhouse”
… Billed as an “urban farmhouse” that pays homage to the chef’s family farm, Puritan & Company is the newest member of the Inman Square restaurant scene. Two long tables for group dining set the tone in the center of the open room; we sat at a two-person table near the …
Issue: July-August 2013
Chapter & Verse
… is to painting as water is to wine? ~Who protested, “They have taken away all our liberties—now they have given … wording for military advice allegedly given by the Duke of Wellington to a young subaltern: “Eat, sleep, and … “mediocre” (March-April). Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations (see “ Harvard in Epigram ,” …
Issue: May-June 2007
Going Once…Going Twice…Sold!
… Courtesy of Thomaston Auction House A miniature Russian kvosh which … House this summer It’s a summer evening, and a crowd has gathered at the Sandwich Auction House for the weekly Wednesday sale. The windows and doors of the shed building are open wide to catch whatever fresh …
Issue: September-October 2008
Brevia
… J. Clinton Former U.S. president Bill Clinton will be the class of 2007’s Class Day speaker on June 6. Of late he has worked on problems such as HIV/AIDS through …
Issue: May-June 2007
Peter Thiel on Why Monopolies Matter
… In conversations about the economy, monopoly can often be a dirty word. But … Peter Thiel shared his far more iconoclastic view of the business world at an event at Harvard Business School …
Honor Roll
… Prized Professors From left to right: Stephen Rosen, William Todd … Jeremy Bloxham, and Marc Hauser Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has recognized four of its …
Issue: July-August 2002
Harvard Football Great Performances: Barry Wood ’32
… in November —a day which will live in infamy, to employ the phrase made immortal by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, A.B. … we would pick up the Crimson football story with the kickoff of the 147th season this Saturday against Georgetown. … without games, football correspondent Dick Friedman reprises past Crimson glories: epic plays, players, and …
“A Vast Slave Society”
… Throughout last Friday’s daylong conference at the Radcliffe Institute on slavery and its historical ties … historian Sven Beckert phrased it Friday, “the violence of the slave trader, the Middle Passage, the auction block, … at Yale, Princeton, Brown, William & Mary, the University of Virginia, Rutgers, Georgetown— and Harvard—as well as …
Giant Magellan Milestone
… In Tucson's late summer heat , under the steeply raked eastern stands of the University of Arizona Stadium (“Home of the Wildcats”), technicians at …
Marc Hauser “Engaged in Research Misconduct”
… The division of investigative oversight in the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), in the U.S. …
Getting General Education Right?
… Following a review committee’s sharp criticisms of the undergraduate General Education curriculum (Gen Ed) … are also the hardest to teach well.” The latter problem arises from multiple causes discussed in the committee’s …
Harvard Great Performances: Endicott Peabody ’42
… in an ordinary time , this Saturday would have seen Game 3 of the 2020 Harvard football season, with ancient and honorable … without games, football correspondent Dick Friedman reprises past Crimson glories: epic plays, players, and …
Computer Scientist Leslie Valiant Wins Turing Award
… Coolidge professor of computer science and applied mathematics Leslie Valiant , …
New Look for Lavietes
… Harvard’s Lavietes Pavilion , built in the 1920s as an indoor-track center and converted to … demolished, expanding the building into 5,000 square feet of new space, yielding new team locker rooms and coaches’ offices. Fans will make use of a new entry, and will be …