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...escape, I shut down the television and radio and computer. I take up a book, one that is as far as possible from the noise - Lytton Strachey's essay on the 18th-century philosopher David Hume. It starts with a thought that is utterly alien to the culture we live in: "In what resides the most characteristic virtue of humanity? In good works? Possibly. In the creation of beautiful objects? Perhaps. But some would look in a different direction, and find it in detachment. To all such, David Hume must be a great saint in the calendar.... To have...
Clemente is currently 18th on the all-time scoring list with 1,034 points and needs only 13 three-pointers to become Harvard's all-time leading marksman from beyond...
Simmons, a well-known advocate for diversity in higher education, has headed Smith since 1995. She will assume office as Brown's 18th president in July...
...18th minute, Lions freshman midfielder Tommy McMenemy fouled Mangrum just outside Columbia's penalty box. On the resulting free kick, Harvard freshman middle Andrew Nechtem nailed a header just wide left of the goal...
When I think back on what sealed my friendship with my high school classmate Antje, the obvious answer is chocolate. I'll never forget her 18th birthday party, when we devoured double servings of her mother's amazing chocolate mousse, or the times I'd drop by her house to nibble on the German chocolate bars her dad brought home by the dozen from business trips to Europe...