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...first time that History Professor Charles S. Maier ’60 tried to ask his wife—MIT History Professor Pauline R. Maier ’60—on a date, she turned him down. He was a Harvard sophomore, and she was a Radcliffe student who was too busy for romance. At the time, they were both on The Crimson: he already a member of the News Board, she a recently elected writer...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Charles S. and Pauline R. Maier | 5/28/2010 | See Source »

...from a working class family in St. Paul, Minn. She had never even heard of Radcliffe, she said, until she followed an acquaintance to a Radcliffe information session. There, she caught the attention of the alumni presenters by daring to be the only girl to raise her hand and ask a question...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Charles S. and Pauline R. Maier | 5/28/2010 | See Source »

...Ask any event planner at the Harvard School of Public Health for a room, and he or she will recommend Kresge...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Temporary Relief | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...down for lunch with then-Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to ask point blank whether he would welcome a proposal from the Committee. Spence said he would...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students and Faculty Fight for Women’s Studies | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...history and literature, I learned to ask when and how a text was written, but also why it lasted. I learned that a text could create and then support a community of writers and readers. I learned that sometimes, a book could be an answer to a private and unsaid prayer. That a book can say, "You are not alone...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: On the History and Literature of America | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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