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Many Quincy House residents learned this notorious history for the first time yesterday evening at Josiah’s 238th birthday celebration in Quincy dining hall. Cake, a history lesson from House Master Lee Gehrke, and a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday” colored the celebration...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quincy House Honors Namesake | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...story of a very large man who destroys a very small country.” In “Absurdistan,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times, Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, travels from his hometown of St. Leninsburg to New York and then to the titular country in search of his father’s love, a U.S. visa, excessive amounts of exotic food, and eventually, his own identity. After reading aloud an excerpt about Misha?...

Author: By Kimberly B. Kargman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Shteyngart Tells of Real-Life Absurdity | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...eDiets program is like a blend of personal chef, trainer and nagging mother figure. The mother part comes from the coach program, which pairs every newcomer with a successful veteran. Although I was 238th in line for a coach when I signed up, my first e-mail from Sheri arrived within minutes. Sheri is a stay-at-home mom in Washington State who lost 38 lbs. in 18 weeks. She answered every question and torpedoed every whiny excuse with e-mails packed with exclamation marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Wide Waist | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...Broadway, Maude Adams played Peter over 300 times between 1905 and 1916. Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne had flings at revivals in the '20s and '30s. Last week, the current Broadway production, with Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, played its 238th performance, setting a new Peter Pan record; and there was no sign that the show would be closing any time soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Never Land | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...postwar era's longest, most secretive conferences was entering its third year. High above Park Avenue, the deputies of the Big Four Foreign Ministers have been trying to write a peace treaty for Austria. Last week, as they moved into their green leather chairs for their 238th meeting, some news filtered out of Suite A, and it sounded good. There had been some concessions on both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Progress in Suite A | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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