Word: alma
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...vague popular idea that the Panthers were an outcropping of the Black Muslims, "Panther" portrays the Oakland Muslims as an indolent group of pretentious pseudo-Africans who have trouble accepting that they're not in Africa. Soon the women of the Black Muslims, led by the independent Alma (Nefertiti) tire of being asked to "bring more libations" to these self-important neo-old-worlders and join the Panthers...
This weekend Jack Lemmon '47 returns to his alma mater; and Harvard has prepared the fatted calf for him. As part of the third annual Arts First festivities, Lemmon will receive the first Harvard Arts Medal, an award meant for "a distinguished Harvard or Radcliffe graduate or faculty member who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts." Lemmon will also be the subject of a tribute at the Harvard Film Archive, which will show four of Lemmon's representative films...
...Powell's main passion seems to be his private life. His new career as a writer and public speaker lets him spend lots of time with his family, in whom he takes obvious delight: baby-sitting his grandchildren and dining at home with his wife Alma (who doesn't want him to run). After a lifetime of Army housing, he likes being what he calls "General Harry Homeowner" in his $1.3 million mini-mansion in a Washington suburb. The general's missions: repairing drywall to fix water damage from an upstairs shower and messing around with the antique Volvos...
Other members of the Class of '69 interviewed by The Crimson could neither confirm nor deny Hyland's account of the discussion in Sanders that day. But they say they're still upset with their alma mater...
Much like the aura of a University degree, requests for contributions will follow Harvard students for the rest of their lives--especially if they make enough money following graduation to make a "substantial" gift to their alma mater...