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...those of British actor Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins in “The Lord of the Rings”), musician Elvis Costello, and folk-singer-turned-fundamentalist Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens). The results? While 55 percent of students polled correctly identified the dean, 25 percent chose Costello, with 12.5 percent and 7.5 percent choosing Holm and Islam respectively. It was clear, however, that much of the accuracy was due to certain “give-aways.” Some participants noted that Cat Stevens’ photo looked too well developed. Other students had prior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean David Pilbeam: Man of a Thousand Faces | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...When I came here in 1970 I was more or less destitute. I came here from a broken marriage, broken body as well from a [airplane] crash, you know, just broken,” Mitchell said. “How do you sell things without a license? I chose books because of the First Amendment.” Mitchell’s first big sale of a suitcase full of rare used books bought him his store...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...declaring endorsements for this year’s Undergraduate Council (UC) presidential election, the major political organizations have crossed partisan divides. The Harvard College Democrats chose to back Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, a former member of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC), while the HRC itself endorsed Democrat Roy T. Willey IV ’09 over active HRC member Frances I. Martel...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Groups Endorse | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

...representatives past and present heap praise on Sundquist, tossing around words like “magnetic” and “uncanny.” UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 said he chose Sundquist as his running mate because he (Petersen) wasn’t “quite as outgoing...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Running on Experience | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...There is the case of Graham Greene, who after Balliol chose not to join his family business. After an uninspiring spell in journalism, he decided to go into the Liberian interior. At the time Liberia was a large white space on the map marked “cannibals...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Wind, Sand, and Stars | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

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