Word: boylston
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some, Boylston Hall bears a striking resemblance to the most fashionable Madison Avenue boutiques. The looming headquarters of the Romance Languages and Literature Department is allegedly the home of some of Harvard's best-dressed professors and graduate students. Its cross-cultural intellectuals have earned a reputation for blending European flair with American practicality to produce a look that is 100 percent Boylston...
Take, for instance, William D. Cole, a grad student who is the head teaching fellow for a popular core course. Framed by the doorway of Boylston, he wears a 100 percent cotton "Harvard Bridge" tee-shirt. His gray shorts and sweat socks with blue stripes match impeccably. The white leather tennis shoes with gray trim add a perfect final touch...
Second-year French student Nick Nesbitt--with longish hair, khaki pants, a plaid shirt and wire-rim glasses--gives a similar view of the Boylston scene...
...difference here is that there are European personalities, whether they're European or not," Nesbitt observes, adding that most Boylston denizens take their fashion cues from the continent...
There are big parties in Boylston, Sever and Straus...