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This Tuesday night, the day before you go out on the town to celebrate with a pint or three, whether you are of Irish stock or not, you might consider attending a vigil in memory of the million Irish famine dead, as well in remembrance of all those similarly affected...
Gifts to Harvard can take on other forms as well. Most of the art museums lack large endowments of their own for new pieces, and rely heavily on donors for new acquisitions. Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886, remains the most generous benefactor to the Harvard Art Museums. In 1953...
After Jefferson's death in 1826, Thomas, Madison and Eston all ended up as freedmen within 25 miles of one another near the town of Chillicothe, Ohio. The brothers were quite fair, being only an eighth black, and Jeffersonian in appearance: tall with reddish hair and gray eyes. But Thomas...
Passing is an issue the Hemings descendants have hardly been able to ignore. Diane Redman, a Madison Hemings descendant who lives in Columbus, recalls looking at family pictures from the 1920s, '30s and '40s, with her parents ruefully pointing out relatives who had passed. Indeed, passing is the reason Madison...
There are 179 MD-11s currently in service, 119 of which are dedicated to passenger travel. The jet, a descendant of the DC-10, has technology that allows it to be steered during an emergency by alternating thrust on the two underwing engines even if the center engine in the...