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...cannot say being a Southerner at Harvard has been excruciatingly hard. I have enjoyed the sense of uniqueness and the distinct privilege of representing and defending my region. I realize now that it has not been as difficult to be a Southerner at Harvard as it will be to be a Southerner after Harvard...
...major educational initiatives. The university camp concentrates on teaching and learning. When the two camps collide, the Administration has no modus operandi which it seeks to follow. For the administration has little interest in and provides no channels for consensus-building discussion on the issues it sees as being distinct from the daily interests of students, faculty and alumni...
...investigation or suspicion. With the enrollment lists these institutions growing steadily each year and with an annual scandal involving similarity of term themes among habitues, both the University and the Council have chosen a splendid occasion to launch this new drive against what may in time become a distinct detriment and danger...
Among the San Franciscans, two are especially prominent, and have demonstrated particular staying power: Michael Vanderbyl, 40, and Michael Manwaring, 45. Although they have highly distinct styles, their parallels are striking. Both were born and reared in the Bay Area and educated at California art schools; both are lapsed devotees of European modernism. Despite success, both have kept their offices small. They do have some stylistic moves in common -- both show a fondness for fan shapes and silhouettes, and both have recently looked to turn-of-the-century Architect Josef Hoffmann for inspiration -- yet both have survived several years...
Compared with the average bug, which goes from birth to death in less than a year, the 17-year cicada is Methuselah: it has the longest life cycle of any known insect. In all, there are twelve distinct broods of 17-year cicadas, each of which emerges in a different year. This year's group is referred to by scientists as Brood 10. The other large group, Brood 14, is due to make its next appearance...