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...knocked off some Hemingway in fourth grade, but I chose not to. But nor did I incline toward the trashy Goosebumps or Mystic Mountain High (that’s made up, but you know the type) families. So for a while, I tracked the adventures of Encyclopedia Brown, the finest sleuth this side of the Atlantic. A stretch with that endless series about the Boxcar Children. Then I turned my attention to the Redwall saga, those enchanting tales of mice slaying snakes and badgers wielding clubs and the entire abbey feasting on pot pies and drinking cordials far into...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Choose Your Own Ivy League Winners | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...will stand by their respective pieces and will answer questions for the rest of the evening. Stanton articulated OUR HUAM’s desire—and her own—to bring students to the museums: “We really are in possession of some of the finest art collections in the world, and these are completely accessible to all students at Harvard! It is painful for us to think that students might go their entire four years here without even having set foot in the place!” Better late than never...

Author: By David A. Lorch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Group Set to Bring Students to Art Museums | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...Palestinians, this absence of a clearly identified U.S. authority is bewildering. Palestinian officials see no coordination between these different American entities; they are not even sure to which address to direct their concerns. Compared with the 1990s, when Washington seemed ready to manage Israeli-Palestinian relations down to the finest detail, the Palestinians today have reason to feel abandoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Palestinian Question: Where Has America Gone? | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...With over 5,500 trees of nearly 700 varieties, only the most assiduous arborist will be able to identify them all. For the laymen among us, most species are labeled. Haunted or not, Mt. Auburn Cemetery is home to more than 80,000 of New England’s finest. Pay them a visit. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through April. 580 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finally, an Educational Halloween! | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...without reservation? A life so special should not have ended in a far-off land away from family and friends. From the beginning of this tragic war, I have maintained that we had no right to be in Iraq. There is nothing there to warrant the sacrifice of our finest young people. Not oil, not the Iraqis and not the unlikely hope of spreading democracy. It is time to bring our finest home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 30, 2006 | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

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