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...hats. Asked about this unique interest, Telfeyan’s roommate B. Reed Winegar ’05 comments “there are a lot of them.” Telfeyan’s original attraction to hats is rooted in nostalgia. He explains that he has fond memories of wearing baseball caps in Little League, he has worn hats since high school, and has continued at Harvard. His taste for hats evolved into more sophisticated territory as he grew up. He is very specific and has a quota of one hat per style (one beret, one fedora...
It’s interesting that the Band’s most enthusiastic audiences are often older alumni. They love us. The Harvard Alumni Association always hires the Band because Harvard fight songs are a great way to help alumni recall how fond they were and still are of their college experiences. Playing for these alumni, I often wonder how my class will publicly express its fondness for this place at the 25th or 50th reunions. Will we even be able to? Are we truly happy with our Harvard experience, as challenging as it is? Or, in the midst...
...truly fond of my Harvard experience, and being in the Band has only contributed to this feeling. It’s not just that some of my closest friends are in the Band. For me, the Band’s preoccupation with celebrating all things Harvard only adds to its appeal. I am continually reminded of the sentiments my time at Harvard can inspire; singing about Harvard’s glories, triumphs and virtues while surrounded by a familiar and excited group will do that to you. What it comes down to is the simple fact of belonging...
...wouldn't like that? But the President's advisers know there is a huge gap between his fond wishes and their possible fulfillment. Some of them have a memory. By the time of the 1992 election, "the new world order" had become mere evidence of the hubris of a President who seemed awed by the scanner at a supermarket checkout. "We had this problem in the early '90s," said a State Department official last week. "You know--'It's a new world, we can do everything.' Our rhetoric was way ahead of where it should...
...visitors. However, since being elevated to the status of Amirul Momineen, or Commander of the Faithful, he sits on a raised platform. He has learned to drive his luxury Land Cruiser and is adept at handling satellite phones and walkie-talkies. Inflexible and a believer in miracles, Omar is fond of telling followers how some of his dreams of Taliban military victories have come true. He says the Almighty will save him and his people from U.S. military strikes. This is how he put it in a recent interview with TIME: "Half my country was destroyed by 23 years...