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Before Plympton Street was Plympton Street, it was Chestnut Street, named simply for the genus of tree that lined its curb. This was something of a tradition in early Cambridge, which also boasted Acacia, Ash, Camellia, and Linden Streets. Prior to the steeples and bell towers that now define Harvard Square, there were soaring tree trunks...
...over who could describe the early conduct of the war in the most devastating terms, even as they debated where to go from here and what it would take to get there. This was war and remembrance in three-part harmony. Above all, the doubt and division toll the bell for the soldier whose valor, at least, was invulnerable...
...teach her children what to do when something terrible happens in life. “What they saw their mother do and what they saw their father do was say that, ‘We are committed to making every day count from now until when the final bell tolls,’” Edwards said. “Every single person should do exactly the same.” “Thank you, that’s a beautiful answer,” the woman replied. “You’re inspiring, and there?...
...people in the trenches,” Gourville said. “She’s the kind of person who before a class or conference, she’d be going over the nuts and bolts, figuring out things.” Business School professor David E. Bell, described McGovern as “empathetic.” “I think it’s within her personality to take on the kind of job that she’s doing now,” he said. Business School professor of marketing Rohit Deshpande recalled how McGovern...
...case of Buck v. Bell, Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes handed down the infamous ruling summarized in the title above. He was talking about forced sterilization of the “feeble-minded,” but his words also sum up one attitude towards Harvard’s legacy admissions. You can frequently hear muttering about how unfair it is that Harvard is admitting legacies over equally—or even more—qualified candidates. Anti-legacyism is the last acceptable prejudice. These underqualified, overprivileged, moderately pasty folk need to stop slipping over the admissions border and stealing...