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This leads to my final point on the impact of Harvard's decision on the other colleges and universities of our nation. "The first flower of our wilderness and the star of our night," Harvard has become, through three centuries of educational experience, the model for almost every other institution of higher learning in this nation and abroad. But it is not age alone that has made Harvard so respected and influential but, more importantly, the fact that, in her approach and in her solution to so many problems, Harvard has invariably done the right and reasonable thing...
...inappropriately in moments of crisis. For example, Balthazar is found drunkenly lost in a garden and is arrested for rape. He recalls Uncle's advice: "About the routes to follow through life. Lighthearted on the boulevard, gay in the cafe, a good shot at the shoot. A flower delivered each morning to the door for the buttonhole. Put a smile on the face. Keep the collar worn loose at the throat. Move the bowel in the morning like the roar of a lion. Hum a lullaby while you pee. If you want to wear the toupee, which...
This was the Yale of 20 years ago, the Yale I had always somehow pictured. Three-piece suits and Pucci prints abounded, as did champagne punch, stuffed figs, and talk of skiing. The steward wore a flower in his lapel from the secret garden of the secret building of the secret society. These very well-cared-for young men seemed quite unaffected by anything that went on outside of their tomb...
...Chief Usher J. Bernard West, who presides over some 70 cooks, butlers, maids, elevator operators, electricians and carpenters. Under his overall supervision are five housemen who constantly wax and buff the floors; a full-time window cleaner who has 147 windows and eight skylights to cope with; and three flower arrangers who keep busy adorning the twelve guest rooms. After 27 years of White House ceremonies-including J.F.K.'s funeral and Lynda Bird's wedding-West says with equanimity: "We never have crises...
...37th show of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Scott had sent 14 models swirling down the runway wearing flower-printed jersey in every shade of pink imaginable, from begonia, bougainvillea and poinsettia to lobster, raspberry, strawberry and watermelon. The designer called the look "hippie gypsy," and it included tiny bra tops covered by bolero jackets, Hungarian tunic blouses combined with tights or flowing midiskirts and curly hairdos bound up with kerchiefs. Jewels glinted from every ear, finger, neck, wrist, waist and ankle. Scott's version of this year's costume look was the hit of the show...