Word: brickes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...supporting cast on this score exemplified the fluidity of the Harvard offense in the second half. Brown's crafty fake to the outside brought half the Dartmouth defense with him, while the right side of the line (guard Mike Clark, tackle Joe Kross) opened up yellow-brick running room for Polillio...
...delayed delivery of the bricks is another setback Cruz attributes to the workings of the University. Harvard, he claims, required the bricks to be supplied by the Spalding Brick Company, the same company supplying the newly-constructed John F. Kennedy School of Government. Cruz says the Kennedy School received priority from the University because that contract required that Harvard pay a huge penalty for delay of completion. Cruz says the wait on the bricks forced the masonry to be delayed until weather conditions worsened. Last winter's record storms twice tore down the protective covering and staging needed...
...designing the new markets, Thompson attempted to preserve as much of the Greek revival exteriors as possible. Grimy granite walls were stripped clean, and the red-brick sidings were mended. Glass arcades to house cafes and vendors were erected outside along the buildings to create an easy flow of foot traffic. To sustain the festival atmosphere, Thompson also preferred small, owner-run businesses. Says he: "I went over the idea of the marketplace and asked if there was an economic way to have just one man selling eggs, one selling cheese, another some marvelous wine. We decided if we could...
Moving through the Yard toward the north one encounters two red brick, ivy-covered dormitories at right angles to each other. These seem to be quiet, unassuming places and little would you know that between these two buildings, Holworthy, the smaller one facing across the Yard, and Thayer, the larger one facing north-south, exists one of the most bitter rivalries since the Hatfields and McCoys...
...life tradition is success. That is what a great number of your predecessors at this august institution worship as their common bond. The traditions of elitism, and the closeness Harvard has with the power structures of business and government cannot be truly conveyed by the ivy and the red brick, they are an intangible part of the aura here...