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...Benjamin Franklin's house at 36 Craven Street in London is downright modest. George Washington inhabited a grand estate at Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson built Monticello, an elegant mansion, in the same state. But for 15 years, Franklin was a tenant in a simple four-story Georgian brick row house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor...
...Fahdil desperately wanted to vote today, but both of his legs are broken, and he's stuck in a Baghdad hospital bed. His relatives have been busy rebuilding the walls of his house brick by brick from the rubble that remained after two suicide car bombers recently exploded themselves across the street. But his wife went to vote. Only one of her legs had been broken by the blast, and a neighbor helped her hobble to the polling station today. The 49-year-old housewife had voted in the two previous elections and wasn't going to miss this...
...outsider. As I slogged through sophomore year, writing stories less than fascinating, I considered moving on to some other organization. I didn’t quite fit in and wasn’t sure I wanted to. But every time I prepared to step away from the Crimson brick road, I found something to reel me back in. I questioned if I could really take on the slew of responsibilities granted to each news exec, and if I could do it my way. Competition mingled with curiosity to keep my interest and enthusiasm alive. I didn’t want...
...Five days a week, a group of students come together at 14 Plympton, The Crimson’s own red brick mansion, to put together a newspaper that reaches not only bored breakfasters, but also a troupe of alumni and sometimes even those beyond the Harvard bubble. Not bad for a gig between classes...
...Charlesview decision deserves the unconditional support of the student body. Any expansion that fails to respect tenants’ rights, their voices, and their desires will not only demolish one of Allston’s last bastions of affordable housing, but will pit town against gown before the first brick of this campus-to-be is even laid...