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...while the phrase “senior tutor” may soon be as extinct as a dodo bird, “senior tutorials” remain a fixture of many concentrations...
...days, most of the members had a nickname, few of which exuded the grace of the founders’ choices: “Pussy,” “Bossy Calf,” “Goat!,” and “The Lady Dodo.” There was no “punch” process; girls were informed of their “in” status and were expected to join immediately. New members were elected biannually, by a unanimous vote of current members. (As far as we know, they...
...Your article described the view of traditionalists who believe that India is defined by restraint reflected in Gandhian frugality. A different point of view was provided by journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who said, "Gandhi may still be an icon, but Gandhism is dead as a dodo." Gandhism can never die. The Mahatma's sole objective in life was to turn man's attention to God and teach man how to seek the guidance of this kindly light within his soul in every situation. Gandhism is the very soul of man. Mukut Behari Lal New Delhi...
...Going to the Pub on trips home is, these days, bittersweet, serving as a painful reminder of the sorry situation in Cambridge, which now is bereft of FDE’s. The Grille was the closest thing we had, and it has gone the way of the Dodo. Final clubs now have a monopoly on the weekend social scene; there is no public place, owned by a capitalist adult, where Harvard, Tufts and Boston College students can mingle with creepy Cambridge locals, all reveling in their shared bending of an obsolete and absurd drinking...
...most of us, home-production of clothing and linens has gone the way of the Dodo. It makes one wonder whether this machine era will leave a similarly rich legacy for the Laurel Thatcher Ulriches of the twenty-fourth century...