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...what is surely a commentary on sex life at Harvard, Zapf-Belanger was driven to the online marketplace in her solicitation of a Harvard male to facilitate her fantasies. In her posting, she humbly conceded that the library lovemaking would probably be “mediocre” at best. Her sexual experience, she wrote, “consists largely of a bunch of one-time, clumsy drunken hook-ups. But of this much she is certain: “bad sex is better than...
...himself.” The remedy Moore proposed was reading period in its original glory: that is, 12 weeks of teaching each semester plus two and a half weeks of reading period after fall term and three and a half weeks after spring term. The new system was test-driven that January, and the results were duly noted by the librarians, professors, and deans of Harvard in reports written to Lowell and other administrators. They described the first reading period as a success. “I cannot say too much praise of the way in which students worked...
...particularly miserable Saturday evening, FM slogged through 45-degree temperatures and driven rain to the Wonderland Greyhound Park, a sprawling, Bukowskiesque complex that, like most of its patrons, has seen better days...
...doesn’t look like an art center,” Gordon said. The display rooms in the new center will showcase modern and contemporary art, according to Daron Manoogian, a Harvard University Art Museums spokesman. Manoogian said the decision to devote the space to this artwork was driven both by the museums’ desire to expand their modern art collection and the need for more space to display their existing inventory. The facility will also include offices, study space, and storage for over 250,000 pieces that will be relocated across the river during the first renovations...
NATO troops taking charge of security in southern Afghanistan are entering what is quickly becoming a war zone, as the Taliban makes its boldest strides since it was driven from power by the U.S. and its allies in November 2001. Although Afghan government officials in Kandahar insist that "we are taking control on everything, the area has been calm since two months," residents of the city and its surroundings view things differently. Businesses have closed, and recent intense clashes between Taliban fighters and security forces have created a sense that the political order installed in Kabul after the Taliban...