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...dining halls of several houses, including Kirkland and Eliot, were closed so the dining hall staff could set up a barbecue lunch for the event, forcing some students to brave the rain for their lunches...
However, my early application was deferred admission, and I was waitlisted in the spring. Though I outwardly put on a brave face, cultivating school spirit for another college, I was completely crushed. When an acceptance letter from Harvard arrived in late May, I enrolled immediately, but did not feel quite up to par with the rest of the entering class...
...decide where, when, how and whom to invite to the last party," says Leary. He fondly recalls the 1963 deathbed vigil for Aldous Huxley: Leary brought him a new translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, as well as the LSD that the author of Brave New World took just before he shuffled off this mortal coil. "He was so cheerful and funny," says Leary. "So sarcastic and all that." When Laura Huxley visited recently, she returned the favor not with illicit drugs but rather with a white magnifying glass that Leary uses for reading...
...main reason for calendar reform is, of course, the fact that we have finals after Christmas break. Most normal U.S. colleges (roughly 3,600) have finals before break. Only about 50 colleges, including Mother Harvard, are brave enough to break the mold by retaining a schedule that seems as outmoded as the Model...
...proposed Aetna Inc. will undoubtedly play a leading role in determining which perception prevails. For staid and paternalistic Aetna, a longstanding leader in traditional indemnity plans (you pick the doctors; they pick up the bills), the consolidation catapults the 143-year-old company smack into the center of the brave new world of managed care, where consumers must choose from a company-approved network of doctors, who agree to fixed charges for most services. Or consumers can join health-maintenance organizations, which directly employ doctors and nurses. "We are going into the managed-care business because that's what people...