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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...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Gridders Chain-Saw Woodsmen, 24-19 | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...Wang Yen-liu, 36, are field hands on the Ta Li People's Commune near Canton. Country people fare quite well, at least in fertile farming areas. Like all the other peasants in Hao Mei village, the Ch'ens own their own house, a fairly new whitewashed brick building in a row of ten attached tile-roofed dwellings on a narrow lane. Their home, which they share with three daughters, 11, 9 and 4, consists of a small entry hall, large liv ing room and sizable bedroom, small kitchen and back court with privy; they bathe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: A Tale of Two Families | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Behind the South House Dining Hall | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Boston's Bartholomew Fair | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Crazy Bob's Tour of Harvard, (Or What's Under All That Ivy, Sir?) | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

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