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...than Mem Hall) does seem to be strong. Consider some of the things floating around now: the Charles Warren Center for American History is not likely to stay indefinitely in the small wooden house at 53 Church St.; the Population Center, now located in a completely renovated house on Bow St., certainly will grow, and, with it, probably the need for a new home; the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies may someday wish to expand to larger quarters or move closer to the center of academic activity. And then, the University may just decide to leave...
...known to be soft, there could be little damage to the ship if she did touch; Nimitz might have considered he was taking a calculated risk. When the ship did touch, we felt no jolt; she just stopped. Engines were reversed. All hands were ordered aft to lift the bow; the ship floated free. Nimitz conscientiously reported the incident...
...neighboring Ambassador is newer but less colorful, though the city's restaurants make up for that. True to Rumania's Latin inheritance, they offer ciorba (a minestrone with sour cream) and mititei (diminutive salami as garlic-laden as any in "Little Italy"). A bow to the West takes in mamaliga-cornmeal porridge that resembles Russian kasha-which is often accompanied by sarmale, stuffed cabbage Hungarian-style. Unlike most Latins, Rumanians are not great winebibbers. Their national drink, tuicā, is as clear and catastrophic as Yugoslav slivovitz...
There are some disadvantages to the huge ships. In a thick fog, the skipper on the bridge may wonder where his bow is and what it is doing. Few harbors can handle the ships, although this matters little for tankers, since they can stand offshore while loading and unloading by pipeline. The Suez Canal is too small for the supertankers, and the shallow North Sea is not safe for ships drawing more than 56 feet, which is to say those larger than 200,000 tons. Insurance companies are fretful about "concentration of risk...
Nils Watson '68 was walking along Bow St. last Friday night when a voice from the alley behind behind the Bicycle exchange said, "You fugitive from a barber shop...