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...most prestigious rowing event in the world, replete with a large grandstand, enormous crowds, and a mandatory dress code, Harvard’s protest fell upon deaf ears. The Crimson lightweights were ousted from competition before they ever really got started. Cambridge cruised to an easy victory and went on to claim the Ladies’ Challenge Plate on Sunday over 2004 winner Leander Club (England...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Malfunction Leads to Lightweights’ Loss | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...seven arrests made by police included four protesters costumed in blood-stained fatigues and traditional Middle Eastern dress who had made their way into the celebration. The remaining three arrests came as police were trying to relocate protesters into the free speech zone...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Army Celebration Sparks Anti-War Protest | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

What kind of man would dress up like Abraham Lincoln all the time? It turns out they share only a few similarities--to a man, the Lincolns at the convention, which was held at a Marriott outside Detroit, were white; most turned 60 some time ago. Nearly all were grandfatherly hams who liked to flash their pocket watches or hand out shiny pennies and say, "Would you like a picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Abe. Honest | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...DRESS SENSE: Inappropriately elaborate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just a Couple of Eccentrics | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...Lincoln traveled to Washington to take his seat as a newly elected Illinois Congressman, Mary had the presumption to accompany him--an unusual move for a political wife back then. She was on a mission, though. Having already tutored her mate in the fine points of proper manners and dress ("I do not think he knew pink from blue when I married him," she once told her sister), she made no secret of her ambition to see him ascend to the presidency one day. Later, during Lincoln's unsuccessful campaign for the Senate, Mary monitored his treatment by the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Saga of Mary Todd | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

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