Word: boringness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After 300 some-odd years and hundreds of Crimson scrutinies, everything there is to know about living at this institution is known. Thousands of students have taken the classes and lived in the dorms and taken the red line to Park Street. Upperclass students dutifully pass the wisdom down to...
There are those who started a movement or hitched their wagon to an idea that never quite panned out. Or the idea succeeded, but it's one that makes us uncomfortable. Chiang Kai-shek was a contender for a billion people's loyalty but played his cards wrong. Marcus Garvey...
Rudenstine's first piece of advice was, "Do try not to be boring," which drew a rousing cheer from the seniors.
This homage to manhood at its most base has not been confined to the printed page. If lughead chic is the reigning ethos of men's periodicals, it is also spreading its reach further into the culture as an increasingly dominant force on cable TV. The cartoonishly staged wrestling programs...
Your next Chrysler may not be a Mercedes, but chances are it will share some of the same blood. Early this year the two sides established an automotive-strategy group that is already coming up with new products. Plans for a Mercedes minivan have been canceled. Yet the group has...