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Hoping to head of any town-gown tensions, Rowe has also spent time with city officials. He has met with Cambridge's aloof and occasionally temperamental mayor, Kenneth E. Reeves '72, who criticized Harvard at several points during the 1993 city council campaign...
...experienced scientist. One minute, a sample was spinning in a high-speed centrifuge. Then, suddenly, the container cracked, and the sample -- tissue contaminated by a rare, potentially lethal virus -- spattered the inside of the centrifuge. Fortunately, the Yale University researcher working with the deadly germs was wearing a lab gown, latex gloves and a mask, as required under federal guidelines. He also knew the proper procedure for dealing with a deadly spill: rub every surface with bleach, sterilize all instruments that have been exposed, then wipe everything down again with alcohol. There was just one rule he failed to follow...
Some civic leaders and the Cambridge press hailed the presentations for their candor and friendliness. And Jane H. Corlette, Harvard's acting vice president for government, community and public affairs, said the lack of rancor over the announcement of the campaign showed improvement in town-gown relations...
Whiz in her scarlet gown was a hit as thedanced and sang "Flaming Mamie." Then I croaked myditty , "I Wish I Was a Femme Fatale" (alas, I hada long way to go). Applause broke out when I,high-kicking my way to the hoped-for but unseenexit, sprawled into a sandbox used forextinguishing incendiary devices...
...assume the Senator from Maine can change mindsets as easily as he can don a flowing black gown. Still, in the eyes of the American public, will it be clear that, a matter of days after retiring from the Senate, he will speak as an agent of a wholly separate branch of government indebted to a wholly separate set of standards and precedents...