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From their earliest days, Bush and Dukakis were very different. Bush was the outgoing, eager-to-please son to whom athletics and grades came easily; Dukakis was a serious, hardworking achiever. Bush always wanted to be liked, and would do just about anything toward that end; Dukakis was willing to settle for respect, and may have even preferred it. Bush joined every social club that would have him (and most would); Dukakis spurned them...
Also on the program of the Baccalaureate Service, which is a tradition dating back to Harvard's earliest years, were organ preludes, hymns, and brief Bible readings by members of the class...
...First of all, there is a tradition," Yale Coach Tim Taylor says. "We were among the earliest teams to play hockey in the country...
Although they live in older buildings--the earliest colleges date back to the 14th century--British students live better than their American counterparts, fellows say. "I find the idea of sharing [college] accomodations pretty horrible," said Chirgwin. "Living in [Cambridge] University, I had either one or two rooms which were not shared in any way, and what I had was normal." Housing is guaranteed all three years at Cambridge and during the first and third years by Oxford...
...Rico. The young Marino grew up in a cultural and religious tradition derived from the early Catholic French and Spanish settlers, and he still lights up when he talks about Creole gumbos and rice. "I took in my faith like my mother's milk," he says. "Some of my earliest recollections are of my family kneeling around the bed praying to Mary, when I was too small even to be really a part...