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Torturous golf is ingrained in Oakmont's storied 104-year history. W.C. Fownes, son of club founder H.C. Fownes, a Pittsburgh industrialist who designed the course to offer a steeper challenge to Steel City players, once roared, "A shot poorly played should be a shot irrevocably lost." A course superintendent once called W.C. Fownes to inform him that golf legend Sam Snead had hit a tee shot past a bunker during a practice round. The next day, Snead struck a shot to the same spot--and found himself in a sand trap that had been installed overnight...
...What we’re seeing here is an upsurge. We’re seeing the beginning of a new era,” says Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, a founder of the Student Labor Activist Movement (SLAM) and co-founder of Harvard Students for a Democratic Society. “I haven’t seen anything in my four years that was like this year...
...This history begins in 1847 with the founding of the Lawrence Scientific School, which was independent from the College. Although it initially succeeded in attracting a large number scholars, the school began to founder under increasing competition from MIT. After the failed merger, the Lawrence School formally dissolved...
...sites related to the debate, which has largely taken place online, surrounding Japan’s revision of its postwar constitution. Archiving the Web sites of political groups, NGOs, and academic institutions will make it possible for future historians to study the evolution of the revision process, says project founder Helen Hardacre, who is the Reischauer Institute professor of Japanese religions and society...
...service.The couple met in the fall of 2003, at a joint event between Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HCRF) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship (HRAACF). Their brief conversation about medical missions inspired Huang to email the freshman an article about Harvard medical professor Paul Farmer, the founder of international non-profit Partners in Health. Lee appreciated the gesture—but couldn’t quite connect the e-mail address to a face.That summer, she volunteered at an orphanage in China and Huang ended up on her update mass-e-mail list. Upon returning...