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...graduate of The Groton School, an elite New England boarding school, Roosevelt was one of a select few who traveled to Cambridge in his senior year of high school to scout premier dorm rooms. His suite of rooms would come to a sum of $400 a year—the annual salary of a working man at the time...
...Roosevelt’s deluxe trio of high-ceilinged rooms—now B-17 of Adams House—features an oak fireplace and modern amenities such as central heating and electricity. While many of his peers weathered New England winters by purchasing coal to heat their rooms manually, Roosevelt was able to hire a maid service and porter to perform these duties...
Oscar went international with a vengeance on Sunday night, as the underclass-boy-makes-good fable Slumdog Millionaire took home eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director (Danny Boyle) and Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy). In addition, three of the four acting prizes went to foreigners. For England's Kate Winslet, her sixth Oscar nomination was the charm after being named Best Actress for her role as a concentration camp guard in The Reader. Spanish enchantress Penélope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her fiery painter in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, making her the first Spanish actress...
...staff committee reports, and the findings of such special teams as the President’s Task Force on the Arts to piece together the initial draft of the report for review. The use of concrete source materials was necessary to create a draft that met the New England Association of Schools and College’s formatting requirements, according to Assistant Dean of Harvard College Courtney B. Lamberth, whose office had a substantial role in preparing the report. “Now we are in an active review period where we are seeking input from students, faculty, and staff...
Ever since Socrates banished us from his Republic, artists (and, as is my case, would-be artists) have had to justify their existence. Plato thought we were morally questionable and, sad to say, over the millennia, not much has changed. In England in the 17th century we were accused of decadence. In France in the 19th century we were accused of dissolution. In America, ever since the Puritans conquered the New World we’ve been caricatured again and again as indolent. So we have a bit of a bad rep. And unless you’re a rapper...