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...studies by Bernini for the Ponte Sant' Angelo and offer a unique opportunity to follow the artist's creative ideas. The centerpieces of the collection are the sketches of the angels holding the Superscription and the Scourge, which the artist modified to study the fall of drapery. A generous furling of the angel's robe over her left leg adds a touch of breathtaking reality to the sculpture, making it seem as though the seraph was caught in a rush of hallowed breath. The angels' expressions of mute adoration and longing, suffusing their day faces with the worship...
...Renowned for its scrumptious fried cuisine, the establishment also has a reputation for its engaging waitstaff. The talented young women who serve up the chicken wings and oysters are as much a part of the ambience as the effeminate Maitre D' at expensive French bistros. Hooters girls are as generous with flirtatious glances as their uniforms are with glimpses of flesh...
...Monday, an amazing thing happened to me on the shuttle bus from the Quad to the Yard. It restored my faith in Harvard students as people with compassion and generous spirits. I am writing this letter because I have no other way of thanking the person who helped me so unselfishly, since she would not tell me her name...
...parades and the generous G.I. Bill of Rights that welcomed these veterans home was a new experience for a country that had never gone willingly into foreign entanglements. Only late in World War I was Woodrow Wilson finally forced to send a New World expeditionary force to rescue the Old. Even then American opinion was not fully convinced it was necessary to fight Kaiser Bill. When the victorious doughboys sailed home, they were almost ignored, and when they marched to Washington to demand a promised veterans' bonus, the U.S. Army drove them out of town...
Langdell reopened September 2 after renovations budgeted at $35.9 million. The library, which seats 240 at its hardwood tables and 98 in its generous couches and armchairs, is certainly a change from Hilles' 70s genre seating arrangements...