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Since Harvard began holding Commencement exercises in 1642, the event has been a parade of pomp and circumstance. In 1797, a live elephant made an appearance before the assemblage, while the featured entertainment included an archery competition with Indians from nearby Natick.
In the course of a few days on the job as an investigative reporter for a Los Angeles daily, Irwin Fletcher (Chevy Chase) presents himself to various sources as G. Gordon Liddy, Harry S. Truman, Igor Stravinsky, Don Corleone and Arnold Babar (as in the elephant). He also makes up...
Since Congress passed the Ethics in Government Act in 1978, Presidents and other top federal officials have been required to make annual disclosures of presents they accept that are worth more than $100. President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush released their 1984 gift lists last week. The 15...
The River Oaks Garden Club's annual pink-elephant sale probably seems like a suitably high-class recipient. A new-money customer, ordering three pairs of $1,530 slacks, giggled as she described taking one of her old Galanos dresses off to the sale. "One of the girls sent in...
As capitalist tools go, Malcolm Forbes, 65, cuts a wide swath. The millionaire chairman and editor in chief of Forbes magazine last week embarked on an 18-day swing through Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei for the sheer swell of it. Traveling with an entourage of 20 in his private...