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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 arrived on the campus as a frightened freshman. Since then--except for a couple of years abroad--he has not left...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Jewett: Harvard Man As College Dean | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...minutes, and that certainly was true for Terry Waite. But now Warhol's dead too, and it didn't even take a quarter of an hour for people to start misspelling his name. The collective consciousness seems to be suffering a peculiar kind of amnesia, unable to remember anything except what's in front...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Carrying the Waite: | 3/7/1987 | See Source »

...lottery provides a rare opportunity [for this analysis] because large changes in the environment are rare, except in experimental situations," said the questionnaire for freshmen...

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Ec Profs Study House Lottery | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...reads in The Crimson and elsewhere that ultimate power in the University rests with the Corporation, which is self-perpetutating. But this is not true. The Charter places final authority for all University affairs, except routine daily business, in the Board of Overseers. The Corporation acts for the University, but is "always responsible" to the Board. The orthography is quaint, but the meaning is clear...

Author: By John Plotz, | Title: Overseers Oversight | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...next to a letter from some plebeian staff member at Late Night with David Letterman. Most of it was a typewritten form letter, with the usual blank spaces for personalization--like "Dear blank", "thank you for your interest blank", "thanks for your time blank", and "now get lost blank"--except for the handwritten note at the end of the letter, which read "as a result of your application Mr. Blank, we have decided to stop hiring graduates of the Harvard Lampoon until your publication can show that it is capable of producing people who are both funny and can massage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clip and Save: Excerpts From the Upcoming Lampoon-Chaparral Collaboration | 3/5/1987 | See Source »

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