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...emergence of aerial and trench warfare during World War I gave rise to the strategy - and art - of camouflaged battle dress, sparking an unexpectedly fruitful collaboration among soldiers, artists and naturalists like Abbott Thayer, whose 1909 book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom became required reading for the U.S. Army's newly launched unit of camoufleurs. Now that troops had to avoid bombs dropped from the sky, mines underfoot and bullets from pretty much everywhere else, the gloriously regal (not to mention flamboyant) garb worn in an earlier era of warfare began to seem a bit outdated, if not downright...
...First translated into reality by President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, class of 1877, successive administrations have scrutinized the House system over the years to keep with Harvard’s aim of “forging a link between learning and living,” according to the Office of Residential Life’s Web site...
...especially in our home pool,” MacLaughlin said. Anchored by the two co-captains, the team relied heavily on its numerous freshmen in the pool. Kennifer often led the charge from center, backed by classmates Monica Zdrojewski, Shannon Purcell, Ita Barton-Kettleborough and Lizzie Abbott. Kennifer led the team in scoring and was deemed Rookie of the Year by her team and the CWPA North division. Next year Harvard will look to its core of rising sophomores to set a new tone for the team, both at home in Blodgett and away in foreign waters...
...until a few months ago, I thought we were going to pull through this O.K.," says analyst James Abbott, who follows regional banks for FBR Capital Markets. "But now I am scared. For a lot of banks, this downturn does not look survivable...
...Turns out that Abbott's story hadn't been stretched to fill six hours, it was designed that way, with climaxes or cliffhangers at the end of each episode. The script inhabits a large structure that allows breathing room for the characters and situations; the movie tries to keep up with the story, but huffs and puffs like an out-of-shape runner trying to turn a marathon into a sprint. It's got most of the original's text but not its texture. The TV show's director, David Yates, sometimes erred on the side of camerabatics...