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Most recently, in the wake of the Radcliffe merger, Lewis has held fast to the idea that no programs open to only one gender will be permitted within the College--a move which Fox says is more consistent with being a conserver of the College's traditions than being an...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Four Years After Trying Term, Lewis Content to Work Behind the Scenes | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

"I decided Harvard gets the benefit of the doubt in close calls," says Epps, who will retire this July from his position as dean of students, a post he has held for the past 29 years. "You can be a conserver of institutions but also have progressive views...Harvard isn...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Baby Dean' Epps Manhandled by Students, Saw Fateful Decision Made | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

Using special underwater electronic location devices, sonar and TV-equipped, deep-diving, remote-controlled submersible craft, the two main U.S. search vessels, the U.S.N.S. Narragansett and the U.S.S. Conserver, at times seemed tantalizingly close to their targets. At least twice the ships picked up the distinctive "ping" of special electronic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race for the Black Box | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

Writers who journey through the accounts of his life almost always confess some bafflement about why he was such a great figure in his time and remains so in ours. British Historian Marcus Cunliffe points out that Washington was a good man but not a saint, a competent soldier but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Above All, the Man Had Character | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

In a magnificent tirade in Anthony Burgess's novel The Clockwork Testament or Enderby 's End, the poet Enderby rails at his dullard "creative writing" class: "All that's going to save your immortal soul, maaaaaan, if you have one, is words . . . Sooner or later you'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: CAN'T ANYONE HERE SPEAK ENGLISH? | 8/25/1975 | See Source »

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