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...turned antique compliment (Dr. Johnson to Boswell: "Men know that women are an overmatch for them") now sounds more like a neat way of undercutting a woman with awe. James Thurber, invited to talk to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College in 1949 ("The idea of addressing the flower of American womanhood would terrify me even if I could see"), declined by invoking a story about a World War I soldier who, peering down into a bottomless enemy trench, allowed that "I wouldn't go down there even if they was Fig Newtons down there." The cookie does...
...although it essentially fails as a work of sociology. Being a Man merits consideration as an exemplary story of courageous self-examination. In Harvard's competitive hothouse, unquestioned adherence to a narrow concept of "the male virtues" flourishes. Introspection, a more fragile flower, requires fresher air. And Being a Man is a breath of fresh air. If Harvard men read it, they may begin to reappraise their values--the first step toward enriching their lives...
Many who leave the neighborhood eventually want to return, says Tom "Duke" Fusco. After all he explains, "it's got its problems, but it's better than most neighborhoods around."Crimson William F. HemmondSAL DiDOMENICO and family in front of his flower shop on Cambridge...
Interestingly, I was staying at the Radcliffe Alumnae House which is simply delightful. The rooms, while not elegant, are clean, bright and furnished with little niceties at plants and fresh flowers. I wonder if any Harvard Radcliffe (?) women who uses that sloppy bathroom would put a flower in her room or preter a lunch napkin in to one of paper...
...gatherings were peaceful, but authorities indicated that they would not hesitate to show force if necessary. Early last week police units broke up a religious gathering at Warsaw's Victory Square and removed a flower cross dedicated to the memory of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, who had been a defiant symbol of Polish nationalism. Four days later, as worshipers prayed around a newly rebuilt cross, policemen moved into the crowd, checking identity papers and taking some people away for interrogation or searching. This time they let the cross remain...