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...bronze statue that stands in front of University Hall was unveiled for the University’s 250th birthday in 1885, according to the Crimson Key Society...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Harvard Statue Vandalized | 10/2/2002 | See Source »

...specialized focus of New Orleans shops is a boon to collectors like Anne Jennings, 57, a retired teacher from Roanoke, Va. Jenkins' mother owned a set of rare 100-year-old Imari plates, which are hard to find in good condition. For her mother's 70th birthday, Jenkins spent three months in antiques centers like Boston and Charleston, S.C., searching in vain for a matching set. Then in one visit to Magazine Street, Jennings had a "great conquest": she found 12 more plates in good condition for $1,000. "My mother was so thrilled," she says. "Every time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Big Easy Bonanza | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...likely as not, they will complain to you about the gentrification and corporate invasion of Harvard Square. But Cambridge still has a handful of truly authentic institutions. And while many of these fixtures operate unnoticed and unappreciated, last week, several hundred people packed Sanders Theatre to celebrate the birthday of Harvard Square’s greatest treasure: the Grolier Poetry Book Shop...

Author: By David W. Rizk, | Title: A Landmark of Literature Turns 75 | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...birthday celebration, Robert Creeley explained how, delighted by having discovered the Grolier, he expected poetry bookshops to pop up all over the country. But as you might have guessed, the veneration of poetry and poets is not a particularly profitable venture; it is more serious than that. “It is a very precarious business, but I’m here,” Solano told Bob Edwards of National Public Radio, the other morning. “I’m here,” she said again, as if to reassure herself. Her voice, coming distant...

Author: By David W. Rizk, | Title: A Landmark of Literature Turns 75 | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

Teddy’s shoeless ways no doubt conjure memories of some of the unsavory turf we all have had to tread at one time or another in our daily travels. Whether traversing a common room carpet in the aftermath of a 21st birthday party, the floor of any men’s bathroom—especially the perimeter of the toilet also known as the margin of error—or pits of flaming coals and boiling tar, one’s shoes are generally a comforting presence. Teddy, however, would disagree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Your Mind, Free Your Feet | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

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