Word: ducking
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...starters, we could have Rudenstine House, or maybe Neil House, since our commander-in-chief is now a lame duck. Not the most inspired. Let's encourage the powers-that-be to look a little harder. Here's a possibility: The Inn at Harvard will soon be owned by our little branch of the University and would make an ideal location. We could simply rechristen it Inn House. Think how popular it would be...unless it actually wasn't popular, being so close to the Union and all, and was rerechristened Out House. That would be unfortunate. Alternatively, Harvard could...
...with the University's capital campaign--Rudenstine's legacy--complete at last, the president has become a lame duck. Inevitably, power and attention will devolve to those around him. And his nearest subordinate, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67, is trying to conceal his eagerness to take the reins...
...found a signed Sarah Jessica Parker rubber duck on eBay for $50. Tell me I wasn't suckered...
...think I've ever signed a rubber duck in my life...
Derek C. Bok, by then the lame-duck president of the University, had embarked on a visionary program during his time in Mass. Hall, seeking to unify the famously decentralized branches of the University and spread Harvard's operations around the globe...