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Those waiting with bated breath for 02138—the magazine by and about Harvard alumni—to hit newsstands should brace themselves for disappointment: due to the limited market for glossy, Crimson-hued self-congratulation, 02138 won’t be sold in stores. Fortunately, there are other ways to get your hands on it. Copies of the premiere issue were distributed free of charge to 50,000 lucky alums, presumably those who enjoy everything from “public service to private jets,” as 02138’s website says. Beyond that, press agent...
...already been there. It’s Lamont Library, and the plan will be completed as soon as they throw out the books. Administrators tonight are unveiling Lamont’s newest addition: a late night café. The ground floor eatery, which has been inspiringly dubbed—brace yourselves—the Lamont Library Café, will serve up (likely) bad coffee and (certainly) fatty snacks to starving students. The library has undergone big changes in the last year or so, and now it’s less of a library. Last October, Lamont began keeping its doors...
...interview yesterday, Knowles said that the school must brace for more cost-cutting. "Any number of things that we are currently spending money on might have to be constrained," he said...
Students have poured over Plato for nearly 2500 years—and it takes about that long to resolve the most recondite riddles in the “Republic.” Brace yourself for several hundred pages of reading a week—and breezy prose this...
...Today's 'situation' is not one that agrees with most Israelis. Promised a swift, knock-out punch against Hizballah's Islamic militiamen, Israelis are now being told that in order to neutralize Hizballah - forget about destroying them - they must brace for a bloody ground attack in Lebanon that could cost hundreds of soldiers' lives. Increasingly, Israelis are asking: how could a militia force of only 4,000 fighters withstand a prolonged beating by the mightiest army in the Middle East - and still keep pelting Israeli cities with rockets...