Word: fittingness
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In the fall of 1959, 230 hand-selected Harvard men moved into Quincy House as the original occupants of the College’s first contemporary residence. Breaking with the architectural tradition of the initial seven Houses, Quincy’s concrete, high-rise exterior and novelty imbued its initial...
On the Saturday night of April 26, 1959, a teeming crowd of more than 10,000 gathered at the Dillon Field House to welcome an intriguing visitor. Long before he was scheduled to speak, concerns were already brewing over audience size, security, and even a failed bomb threat. Even more...
A fitting end just wasn’t to be for the four seniors of the Harvard women’s basketball team. For the second straight year, a final-day loss to Dartmouth derailed the Crimson’s shot at a NCAA Tournament spot—and this...
At the White House, Sotomayor remarked that she has "stood on the shoulders of countless people." The truth is that some of those shoulders belonged to African Americans who marched and died during the civil-rights era so minorities could someday become Supreme Court Justices. But if it's fitting...
Critics say the bazaar-like atmosphere is hardly fitting. They note that the auction was court-ordered with the limited objective of reimbursing $405,000 in debt Marceau racked up at the end of his life to finance his shows. To ensure that sum is obtained, the auctioneers have set...