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Others saw Morris' virus as a feather inHarvard's computing cap. One graduate student, whodeclined to be named said, "I was glad it startedat Harvard, because I thought it was an MITprank...
...fierce competition, Dobre and Silivas are pals who share a passion for pop music and food treats. Dobre has a weakness for ice cream; Silivas' tastes run to schnitzel and fries. As the strict training regimen expressly forbids the distraction of boyfriends, they liven their evenings with goose-feather pillow fights and what Head Coach Adrian Goreac cheerfully calls "talk, talk, talk." They are avid readers of adventure books. Dobre, a mischief-maker who collects dolls, favors fictional heroes who "fight all obstacles to reach their aims." Silivas, a quiet and intelligent girl, prefers a stately knight who "is always...
...nice feather in your cap when speaking to other universities to say Harvard went ahead and had them installed," Collins said. He said his company also markets shampoo and deoderant dispensers to hotels. "It's kind of strange bed-couples there," he said...
...Wingo, Tom's tight-lipped, hardworking father, made sure the offense would not be repeated. After forcing his son to roast and eat the bird's flesh, Henry continued the "expiation of sin," by having his son jailed and then making him wear a headdress of the eagle's feathers to school, "until it began to disintegrate feather by feather. Those feathers trailed me in the hallways of the school as though I were a molting, discredited angel." It is an image which remains with Tom--always threatening to define...
...Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum that he could work within the conventions as adeptly as anyone. But he perceived, earlier than almost any of his contemporaries, that the old style of musical was dying. That was the message of Follies, a fond but firm farewell to feather boas, torch songs, showstoppers and Busby Berkeley-like production numbers. When a much revamped version opened in London last July, audiences had long since come to share the show's judgment and were able to see it as nostalgic rather than dismissive...