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...Lawns were not always the chosen landscape of the educational countryside; Oxford and Cambridge adapted and refined their expanses of herbiage to conform to fashion dictates. Oxbridge was the seat of elite male education in Britannia. In her 1994 work, "The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession," Virginia Scott Jenkins relates how the lawn concept emerged in the 18th century, when the gardens at Versailles were designed to include a small lawn, called the "tapis vert" and the popularity of Lancelot Brown's landscape stylings in Britain ("a new, elite style characterized by a mixture of meadows, water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: As Follows | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...Katz, there is a danger in implying that the disorder is a psychological one. "There is just as much evidence for biological causation as for most other disorders and more than some." As for the seemingly provincial nature of disease, Dr. Coley responds that diseases often refuse to conform to what we would see as rational patterns. "We had 22 cases of whooping cough this year. It was just one of those blips you see as a clinician...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Nick of Time | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...Lawns were not always the chosen landscape of the educational countryside; Oxford and Cambridge adapted and refined their expanses of herbiage to conform to fashion dictates. Oxbridge was the seat of elite male education in Britannia. In her 1994 work, "The Lawn: A History of an American Obsession," Virginia Scott Jenkins relates how the lawn concept emerged in the 18th century, when the gardens at Versailles were designed to include a small lawn, called the "tapis vert" and the popularity of Lancelot Brown's landscape stylings in Britain ("a new, elite style characterized by a mixture of meadows, water...

Author: By Elisheva A. Lambert, | Title: The Dirt Beneath the Grass: The Yard's Elite Roots Uncovered | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

...desire to change one's genetically endowed proportions and to actively conform to an ideal body type is a tremendous concern for both men and women on campus. According to Shauna L. Shames '01, who organized the eat-in, Harvard students are especially prone to eating disorders and obsession with dieting and exercise because of their perfectionist proclivities. Indeed, the eat-in, where hundreds of type-A control freaks treated themselves to an unrestrained feeding frenzy, was certainly a sight to behold...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond Domestic Violence: Taking Back Night and Day | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...desire to change one's genetically endowed proportions and to actively conform to an ideal body type is a tremendous concern for both men and women on campus. According to Shauna L. Shames '01, who organized the eatin, Harvard students are especially prone to eating disorders and obsession with dieting and exercise because of their perfectionist proclivities. Indeed, the eat-in, where hundreds of type-A control freaks treated themselves to an unrestrained feeding frenzy, was certainly a sight to behold...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: More Than a Week-Long Project: Taking Back Night and Day | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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