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Harvard students could seek solace in the fact that although our social life is sometimes abysmal, at least we party harder than our predecessors did in the 1850’s. But then along comes Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Class of 1859, who died a century ago but whose newly-published journal sheds light on drinks and debauchery at the Harvard of top hats and functional fireplaces...
Many of the entries put a damper on the pride we take in our 21st century revelry. Abbot, a former resident of Hollis, writes that on the night of March 17, 1857 he returned home from the Class of 1859 Dinner at 4:00 a.m. after a night of drinks and merriment...
...their desks like monks in a scriptorium. Their quills are superfast HP workstations in the center of an industrial-chic penthouse in Manhattan's trendy Tribeca neighborhood. Their manuscripts are digital scans of the body, illuminated into images so startlingly vivid that even scientists stop and stare. And the abbot here is an artist--self-taught in math, physics and business--named Alexander Tsiaras. Blurring the lines between science and art, the company's work resists easy categorization. "It's Fantastic Voyage meets the TIME-LIFE Books series," says Tsiaras, 49. He and his 25 employees take data from...
...fireballs, however, are a hoax, it is one conceived and perpetuated on a grand scale. According to Phrakhru Pichai Kitjaton, abbot of Wat Paa Luang, the temple houses written records of monks witnessing fireballs hundreds of years ago. And each year, anything from 200 to 800 of the fiery orbs are sighted along a 100-kilometer stretch of the river. "Are they real? Does it matter? Faith is the thing," he says, with a Mona Lisa smile...
...struggles with his faith, he falls for A-Lit, a pretty schoolteacher whose scientist husband is determined to prove the fireballs are a natural phenomenon. Bak Khan wants to expose the charade, especially as the TV crew seems to be closing in on the secret. But his former abbot tries to convince him that there could be merit in fake miracles...