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...Mike Bender took top honors for the Crimson men, finishing 22nd in 31:35. John Perkins, Paul O' Learn and David Reese finished 27th, 28th and 29th for Harvard...
Nevertheless, the fresh blend of history and commerce has brought mixed reviews. The marketplace may "destroy the authentic character of this special place," complained Neighborhood Spokesman Iris Alex. South Street is picking up on traditional values "in a way that destroys history," asserted Historian Thomas Bender. The harrumphing seems a bit overstated. Would it have been more authentic to leave the special place to rats and rapists? Are the historic values better served if they are bulldozed for parking lots or office towers? What is wrong with turning a once rowdy commercial area into a less rowdy commercial area...
...there was nothing particularly exceptional about it. Many colleges had created what were, in fact, subcommittees of their faculties to enforce and make exceptions to rules. The Administrative Board did not assume its present distinctive form until 1952. In that year, as a result of something called the Bender Report, it was decided to transfer the responsibility for "deaning" undergraduates from a group of Assistant Deans of the College working in University Hall (often known as baby deans) to the Senior Tutors in the Houses and to make the Senior Tutors members of the Board. That act transformed the Board...
...affiliated hospitals Massachusetts General Hospital has made the largest cut in the budget, slicing $19 million from a projected $296 million, according to spokesman Martin S. Bender...
Ultimately, of course, it is the consumer's taste that counts, and after two or three refills even the most discriminating elbow-bender may grow a little fuddled. A 1978 report to the Federal Trade Commission concludes that a person's ability to tell one brew from another probably "declines drastically as the quantity of beer consumed per sitting increases." In short, it is the first few sips that make the difference, since the more a beer drinker guzzles the less he seems to know what brand he is imbibing...