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...would have taken too long to carry it back to I hired some guy with cross country skis to put it in his backpack and ski the beer back to Eliot," he said yesterday...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: Snow Storm Brings Relief From Exams | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

...consequences of failure can be considerable. You have just entered Emerson 101, or some other hall with closely packed desks, ten minutes late. There is an empty seat four rows down and seven seats in. You have one minute to get there without dropping your dripping umbrella, raincoat, backpack or books from the Coop into the laps of students in your...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Raindrops Keep Falling... | 9/27/1977 | See Source »

...feel. You're fed up with Harvard and grades and competition. You just want to say to hell with it all and take off, alone, to breathe fresh air, to live off the land, to think, really think. You're so close to loading up your dusty backpack that the slightest nudge of encouragement would send you on your iconoclastic, transcendental way. Be forewarned then-don't go see this play. You'll meander over to Walden Pond during intermission...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Walden Behind Bars | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

Dope comes to Europe in small packets borne by an "ant army" of couriers. From the lawless wilds of the Golden Triangle, dried poppy extract travels by backpack, bicycle, mule and even army trucks to crude labs, some in jungles, some in Southeast Asia's sprawling Chinatowns. There chemists refine the caky black powder into two grades of heroin: No. 3, the 40%-50% pure "brown sugar" favored for smoking, and fluffy white No. 4, 90% pure "stuff" for needle addicts. The dope is ferried to Europe by air, ingeniously cached in all sorts of objects-mah-jongg tiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRUGS: Heroin Rides an Orient Express | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

Clint J. O'Connor '80 left the noon class a few minutes early and returned wearing a gorilla mask. Shouting "Happy Halloween," he tossed $10 worth of candy from his backpack and made his way to the front. He left several lollipops with George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, who was lecturing at the time...

Author: By Thomas A. Mullen, | Title: Premed Halloween | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

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