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...What Links Me With Ladislaus the Posthumous," Holub humorously recounts his successful attempt to pass his medical exams by flattering his examiners' egos. The cause of the death of King Ladislaus, an obscure fifteenth-century Czech monarch, is an unsolved mystery with political implications: a patriotic Czech is expected to agree with his nation's medical historians about the cause of Ladislaus' death (though no one is in agreement), rather than with the account of rival German historians. When Holub is quizzed on medical minutiae by his professors, he offhandedly conjectures that Ladislaus died from whatever ailment his examiner happens...

Author: By Joshua Derman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Plasma Meets Politics in 'Shedding Life' | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...second round, with the fifteenth overall pick...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Kohler Gets Ticket to the Big Show | 2/5/1997 | See Source »

Alhough the artistic merit of some of the films far outshines the grime on screen, such justification wears thin for others. In the face of the fifteenth wanton murder or fourth example of very, very free love, we just might think the filmmaker has lost his way in making his statement...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: Screening the FORBIDDEN at the HFA | 10/26/1995 | See Source »

...National Moratorium is held on the fifteenth to protest Vietnam. Classes are canceled, and students and faculty protest. President Nathan M. Pusey '28, like President Nixon, remains in his office and works...

Author: By Victoria E. M. cain, | Title: 1969--1970 | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...Harvard men's tennis team seems to be in good shape--at least for another four years. This optimistic prognosis can be confidently made because this year the Crimson welcomed freshman Philip Tseng, the fifteenth best boys' 18-under player in the United States...

Author: By Eric R. French, | Title: Freshman Tseng: A Lot of Tennis Ahead | 3/21/1995 | See Source »

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