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Memorial Hall is yet another prime example of a breathtaking work of architecture, currently under major construction. While the sight of tractors and the piles of dirt and rock may taint the picturesque beauty of our red brick, autumn-colored setting, we nevertheless greatly appreciate the tireless efforts dedicated towards the proper upkeeping of our collegiate kingdom...

Author: By Erica S. Schacter, | Title: Personal Hygiene, Anyone? | 10/18/1995 | See Source »

...similar scenario has hit the Harvard women's soccer team (5-1-0, 1-0-0 Ivy League). The Crimson had smothered its first five opponents by a 23-1 score until it hit a brick wall in a 1-0 loss to Monmouth Sunday in the Harvard Invitational...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: W. Soccer Faces Boston College Today | 9/27/1995 | See Source »

...etched memoir is that after 40 years of thriving and surviving in New York City, Cantwell admits to no greater wisdom than she had when she first arrived. More comfortable as observer than confessor, she ends where she began--in another Village apartment. This one looks out on a brick-walled garden, and before going to sleep, she opens her bedroom window to get that old charge: the sound of Manhattan "buzzing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: FIRST STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

With the aid of a CD-ROM-generated street map of Clearfield, Sayer guides the van to Hall's house. It's a modest but tidy red brick home with an American-flag wreath on the door. Bingo! "That looks like a Nellye Hall house," Sayer says with approval. The team doubles back into town to meet up with the car dealer who has brought the Jag in from Harrisburg. And then: Showtime. But alas, Prize Patrol history is not to be made. Hall turns out to be a great-grandmother of preternatural calm. Confronted by cameras, hysterical Patrol members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISPATCHES: ALAS, NO THANK YOU, JESUS | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

When James ousted 16-year incumbent Kenneth Gibson in 1986, the new mayor radiated hope for a city still scarred by the 1967 race riot that killed 26 people and left the city a wasteland of empty, brick-strewn lots. His natural charisma bridged social strata. One morning he suavely persuaded a company's executives to remain in Newark, then spied a homeless man on the street. "He bought the guy lunch, gave him a pep talk and told him to clean up and report for work at the sanitation department," recalls a subordinate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RUNNER STUMBLES | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

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