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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Building additional Houses would give all the Houses a little more elbow room. My central hope is that this extra room would afford the College the opportunity to offer more abundant and attractive classroom space in the Houses, thereby integrating the intellectual and social lives of students in the ways in which the Houses were always intended. I have taught courses in the musty and windowless basements of Eliot and Dunster, and infelicitous as those spaces were, those experiences nonetheless led me to see that the vital intellectual life of the College is profoundly invigorated when teaching and the house...

Author: By Russell Muirhead, | Title: New Houses in Allston Would Help Student Life | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...attractive way of life. Many of the activities that send us trekking down to the River for the fourth time in a day might relocate closer to home, leading to a more equitable balance in College commuting patterns. More importantly, student groups will finally begin to gain the elbow room they so desperately need, and, of course, the many student dancers will be able to continue the strong program that they fought so fiercely and rightly to defend last spring...

Author: By Jessica R. Stannard-friel, | Title: The Changing Face of the Quad—And of the College | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...Moscow sites that have become familiar to him during his three years at Danilov—the Zil auto factory, the bend of the Moscow river, the sparkle of the Kremlin’s gold onion domes in the distance and the imposing Soviet-style cardboard box buildings that elbow the skyline...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Monastery Mourns Loss of Bells | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

...month, there were three sartorial imperatives on his list: a pair of black baggy jeans, all-white sneakers and Nike wristbands. "I wear them around my wrists for sports," says the basketball-and football-loving 13-year-old. "But during the school day I wear them close to my elbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons in Style | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...told me about the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, a voluntary organization created in 1991 that encourages member companies to minimize the impact of tourism on the continent by following strict environmental guidelines. Nearly every Antarctica tour operator complies, but that could easily change as more companies elbow their way into this lucrative market, charging die-hard travelers up to $20,000 for the trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going with the Floe | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

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