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...answer, I would like to turn, curiously enough, to a humble corned beef sandwich...
UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, it was not possible to eat a corned beef sandwich in the dining hall--unless, of course, you bought one in Tommy's Lunch and snuck it in. Half-sour pickles and black bean soup were equally unavailable. And forget about Dr. Brown's soda...
...months and years BDD (Before-Deli-Day). Who can ever forget the amazement and, yes, exhilaration felt upon catching that first glimpse of the red-and-white checkered tablecloths, the different varieties of cream cheese, those huge black olives? And don't forget about the corned beef sandwiches...
...CORNED BEEF sandwiches appear in the dining hall and, within weeks, both Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Spike Lee decide to come to Harvard. Of course, no one is suggesting that the appointees accepted positions at Harvard due to a sudden unexplainable craving for cold cuts. But I do believe that the two fortunate events are some-how linked--not in substance, but in the creative inspiration that led to their succesful implementation...
...Spike Lee-corned beef connection