Word: gonzaga
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Simon concentrates on the less-known but equally compelling Gonzaga of Mantua, a city, she notes with subdued irony, that was dismissed in the 1923 edition of Cook's Guide as "of no interest except for art and history." The distinction between the two was not always apparent during the Renaissance. Like other leading families of the time, the Gonzaga schemed, fought and intermarried for almost three centuries to secure power and wealth, which they used to glorify their names with masterpieces. It was a good time for architects, painters, goldsmiths, furniture makers, costume designers and jewelers. According...
...week's gala after Harvard made known that the President would not be given an honorary degree. This monumental snub, say critics, came from a university whose sons hold themselves in too high esteem. Secretary of Education William Bennett (J.D., '71) claims he was influenced more by Washington's Gonzaga High and Williams College than by Harvard, and doubts there is a Harvard network or indeed a Harvard point of view. "You will find Harvard men on all sides of an issue," says Bennett, "and sometimes all those sides are in one Harvard...
After nearly eight months of research and preparation, four members of the Harvard Debate Team will travel to Gonzaga College in Spokane. Wash this weekend to participate in the National Debate Tournament...
This stress on team unity bears the impress of his religious background; he graduated form Gonzaga College High School, a Jesuit institution in downtown Washington, D.C. "There is something religious about [the team working together for a common goal], or at least for someone with a religious background it seems like something of an affirmation...
Whittington says Classics was a natural choice. "It's just something I did a lot of in high school. Gonzaga, as a Jesuit school, sort of concentrated on that...