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...game, and the arrest of a Harvard student for passing out socialist literature in Harvard Square. The latter, the paper noted, stood trial in Cambridge Court after "One Irishman, one Italian, and one hybrid" had been convicted of drunkenness. Later in the year, a headline told Harvard: "Director of Fogg Art Museum Receives Threatening Letters Denouncing Late Purchase of Paintings--Suspect Black Hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Enters the 30s and the Depressions | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...cynic who has always envied Paul Gauguin, the Kungsholm departs Jan. 12 for a 94-day voyage to the South Pacific, calling at such Conradic ports as the Marquesas, Moorea and Tahiti. Average fare: about $6,500. For those who prefer the fictional accomplishments of Phileas Fogg (after all, Gauguin died broke), the Gripsholm will allow passengers to go round the world in 86 days, with stops at India, Ceylon and Singapore, etc. ($3,665 for a double-occupancy inside cabin; $10,110 for a topside single). For those who find beaches tiresome, Lindblad Travel Inc. offers a two-week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Cynic's Gift Catalogue | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

...best we have is culture has come from the teeming, turbulent sinking cities," San Francisco Mayor Joseph L. Alioto told an English class in the Fogg Norton Lecture Hall yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayor Alioto Says That Violent Cities Create Civilization | 12/14/1972 | See Source »

...present state of the Semitic Museum is a tragic waste." Daniel Robbins, director of the Fogg Art Museum, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Semitic Museum Survives In Shadow of the CFIA | 12/5/1972 | See Source »

...this was also true of Mead's mother, but she "was filled with passionate resentment about the condition of women." Mother had other problems. The family doctor considered Emily Fogg Mead "emotionally inadequate," her sisters criticized her "austerity," and Margaret herself writes that her mother "had no gift for play and very little for pleasure and comfort." For instance, "She conscientiously filled the 18 lamps we needed, but she let me arrange the flowers. She could neither tell nor make up stories, and there was always a touch of duty in the parties and games she planned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Miss Markit Mit | 11/27/1972 | See Source »

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