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Gordon Johnson, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, reflected on the different roles of institutions of higher education in society, emphasizing the importance of building alliances with other universities, in a lecture held in honor of Cambridge’s 800th anniversary this year...
...Davies, then, was just the fellow for the local burghers to summon as a celebrant-critic for the 800th anniversary of the founding of the borough of Liverpool in 1207. They commissioned Of Time and the City, which Davies fashioned into a kind of Liverpool mon amour: a 71-min. documemoir that underscores newsreels of the city, home movies and new footage with romantic strains from Liszt, Mahler, Brahms, Fauré. Anchoring the piece are Davies' fond and acid recollections of his home town - what he, in his drawling, very un-Liverpudlian narrative voice, calls "a valediction and an epitaph...
...that The Office is on now, but five minutes into the show, that euphoria has certainly worn off. So what can possibly help me get the love back? An annoying set of commercials, for sure. Yes, I hate the fact that I'm seeing that Toyota ad for the 800th time. And the Geico cavemen just aren't that funny anymore. Please make it stop. Wait, thank heavens: The Office is back on! Yes, I'm ecstatic once again...
...game, in which Hoyle will face an opponent who averages 3.7 goals per game. BU has put together a five-game winning streak, including a 3-1 victory over Merrimack on Friday night that saw the Terrier’s long-time coach, Jack Parker, earn his 800th career win. As the second-best team in the country, the Terriers bring all the usual attributes of a top-ranked squad to both ends of the ice. The Terriers bring a stingy defense led by senior Matt Gilroy, a two-time All-American whose name has already been mentioned...
...Nonacademic Approach But that was then. Money raised through Oxford's appeal will be poured into new facilities and the endowment. Scholars at Cambridge needn't feel outdone. Under its own campaign, launched in 2005 to mark the university's 800th anniversary next year, Cambridge hopes to bring in $2 billion by 2012, and has already raised some $1.3 billion...